Coins and Historical Medals

Roman Imperial Coinage, Antoninus Pius, Sestertius, 152-3, rev. Salus standing left, feeding snake from patera, 24.73g (RIC 906; BMC 1925); Marcus Aurelius, Sestertius, 162-3, rev. Salus standing left, feeding snake from patera, 20.72g (RIC 843; BMC 1037); Lucius Verus, Sestertius, 166, rev. Victory, half draped, standing facing, fixing shield inscribed vic par onto palm tree, 25.58g (RIC Marcus Aurelius 1456; BMC 1308-9); Commodus, Sestertius, 190, rev. Emperor togate, ploughing right with oxen, 20.95g (RIC 570; BMC 659) [4]. First and last smoothed in fields, third with rough surfaces, otherwise about very fine £80-£100