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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, 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
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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
ANCIENT COINS, 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
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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