LOT 3436
Commodus, as Caesar, AE 25mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. AD 166-177.
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. Very Fine. Scarce.(10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included).
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included).
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included).
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Commodus AE 25mm of Antioch ad Hippum, Decapolis. Dated CY 248 (AD 184/5).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ΚΟΜ ΑΝΤധ, laureate head to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧ ΠΡ ΙΠΠ ΙЄΡ ΑϹΥΛ, Tyche standing to left, holding cornucopia and bridle of horse standing to left behind; ΗΜϹ (date) in exergue. RPC IV.3 Online 6583 (temporary); Sofaer 24; Spijkerman 25. 9.05gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AR Cistophoric Tetradrachm of Smyrna, Ionia. After AD 128.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P, bare head to right / COS III, the two Nemeses standing to right and left, facing one another, each holds out a fold of her dress, the one on the left holds a bridle, the other on the right holds cubit rule. RIC 507; RPC III 1361; Metcalf 32. 10.37gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 58, 20 June 2019, lot 904. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Commodus, as Caesar, AE 25mm of Amphipolis, Macedon. AD 166-177.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ΑΥΤΟ Λ ΑV ΚΟΜΟΔΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ, bareheaded and draped bust to right / ΑΜΦΙΠΟΛЄΙΤΩΝ, Tyche enthroned to left, holding phiale. RPC IV.1 Online 4243 (temporary); BMC 115. 10.65gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 71, 28 May 2020, lot 733 (company's ticket included). Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 86, 8 July 2021, lot 724 (company's ticket included). Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 390, 1 February 2017, lot 318 (company's ticket included). Property of a London antiquarian.
