LOT 3379
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 187-188. Rome mint.
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and grain ears. RIC III 167; BMCRE 245; RSC 532. Very Fine.(3.16gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, raising hand and holding spear, captive at feet to left; R(star)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 157. 3.29gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
GAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 44. 6.74gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 5th(?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Є(?) below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3107. 3.32gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
