LOT 3380
Commodus AR Denarius. Struck AD 189. Rome mint.
[M] COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / SEC ORB P M TR P [XIIII] COS V DES VI, Securitas seated to left on throne, holding globe. RIC III 190; MIR 18, 788-4/30; RSC 695. Near Very Fine.(2.66gr, 18mm, 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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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate and draped bust to right / COS VI P P S P Q R, Genius standing to left, holding patera and corn-ears. RIC II 303; BMCRE 519; Woytek 488v; RSC 105. 3.20gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no door and two turrets, star above; SMHΓ below. RIC VII 75. 2.85gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 202-210. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FVNDATOR PACIS, emperor, veiled and togate, standing to left, holding branch and roll. RIC IV 265; BMCRE 330; RSC 205. 3.47gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
