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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Maximinus II BI Nummus. Struck AD 312. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.22gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vitellius AR Denarius. AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head to right / XV VIR SACR FAC, tripod-lebes, dolphin to right above, raven standing to right below. RIC I 109; BMCRE 39-40; RSC 111. 2.81gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 301. Alexandria mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; Δ in right field, XX-I across fields, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 32a. 9.10gr, 26mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
