Auction Catalogue

15 February 2017

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A Distinguished Collection of Roman Bronze Coins, the Property of a Gentleman

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Lot

№ 132

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15 February 2017

Hammer Price:
£2,600

Roman Imperial Coinage, Commodus, Sestertius, Rome, 181, laureate and cuirassed bust right, m commodvs antoninvs avg, rev. tr p vi imp iiii cos iii p p, Emperor seated left on curule chair set on platform, officer behind, Liberalitas in front holding tessera and cornucopiæ, citizen mounting steps, s c in field, lib avg iiii in exergue, 28.40g (RIC 310; C 310). Nearly extremely fine, smooth dark patina £600-800

Provenance: Baldwin FPL October 1938 (167); bt Baldwin June 1939.

This largesse or
congiarium was held on the occasion of Commodus’s return to Rome in 181