Details
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.).
Provenance
Ex West Country, UK, collection.
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