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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Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome, AD 86. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right, wearing aegis / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S-C across fields. RIC II.1 500; BMCRE 394. 8.51gr, 29mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 4th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT • X X; ΔSIS(star) below. RIC VII 159. 2.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 276/7. 7th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre; Z• between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920; probuscoins.fr 2707. 3.77gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
