A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Commodus, Sestertius, Rome, 183, laureate bust right, m commodvs antoninvs avg pivs, rev. trp viii imp vi cos iiii p p, Fortuna standing left, holding rudder set on globe and cornucopiæ, s c in field, 27.22g (RIC 372; C –). Small striking split, otherwise nearly extremely fine, dark patina £500-700
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 205 [from A. Hess 1933]