LOT 3381
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MART PAC P M TR P XIIII COS V P P, Mars standing to left, holding branch and spear. RIC III 175; BMCRE 256; RSC 350. Very Fine.(3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various emperors. 22.43gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.) -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing to left, holding patera, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia, altar on left; star above Z (retrograde) in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 74b. 4.88gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP PO[STVMVS] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VIRTV]S EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield. Cf. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388. 2.37gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Much of the original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
