The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Commodus (177-192), Sestertius, Rome, 184, laureate bust right, rev. p m tr p viiii imp vii cos iiii p p, Victory seated right on two shields, inscribing a third, s c in field, vict brit in exergue, 20.96g (RIC 440; C 945; cf. Sear 5826; S 648). Some old scratches in obverse field, otherwise very fine, attractive brown patina, rare £500-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: C. Warne Collection, Sotheby Auction, 24 May 1889, lot 62; H. Symonds Collection, Glendining Auction, 26 May 1982, lot 53.

The Warne cataloguer noted: ‘This coin engraved in Mon. Hist. Brit, pl. III, n 7’