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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Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing short beard / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; figure of emperor to left. RIC IV 76; BMCRE 20; RSC 37. 3.40gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Uncertain Emperor BI Antoninianus. 3rd century AD. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Incuse of reverse / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre(?). Cf. MER-RIC 184 (temporary) for rev. type. 2.32gr, 18mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; TSA in exergue. RIC VI 20b. 11.13gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
