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Auction 91  23 May 2016
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Lot 29

Estimate: 20 000 CHF
Price realized: 30 000 CHF
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The George W. La Borde Collection of Roman Aurei Part I
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Commodus caesar, 177 – 192

Aureus 180, AV 7.12 g. L AVREL COM – MODVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust l. Rev. TR P V IMP IIII – COS II P·P Victory seated l., holding patera in r. hand and palm in l. C 788. BMC M. Aurelius and Commodus 814. RIC 8b. Calicó 2343 (this obverse die).
Very rare. An unusual and interesting reverse well-struck
in high relief, good extremely fine


Provenance
Sold by Bank Leu, auction 13, Zurich, 29 April 1991, lot 455.
Sold by Numismatica Genevensis S.A., Alain Baron expert, auction IV, Geneva, 11-12 December 2006, lot 187.


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