LOT 2885
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 190. M COMM ANT P F-EL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Commodus seated to left on curule chair, holding branch with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC III 212; RSC 555 bis; BMCRE 281. Good Very Fine. Toned with gold iridescence around devices.(3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx West Country, UK, collection.
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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre with her left. RIC IV 268; RSC 314. 2.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, resting right hand on shield and holding inverted spear in left; P in exergue. RIC V.1 - (unlisted bust type); MIR 1150k. 3.83gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Intact silvering. Very rare bust type.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 299. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; Q(star) in exergue. RIC VI 95b. 8.86gr, 26mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
