ANCIENT COINS. Roman,. A Collection Of The Coins Illustrated In Silver Heads, Royal Tales. Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-180), Silver Denarius, AD 161, IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, laureate bust right, rev CONCORD AVG TR P XV COS III, Concordia seated left, holding patera and resting on figure of Spes, 3.11g, 11h (SHRT, pp.280-281; RIC 5); Commodus (AD 177-192), Silver Denarius, AD 189, M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRI[T P P], laureate head right, rev LIBE[RALI]TAS AVG VII, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae, 2.67g, 6h (SHRT, pp.278-279; RIC 202a; C 323). First with uneven toning, very fine, the second with a light flan crack, a little off-centre, extremely fine. (2)
first purchased E Dietrich, Zürich, 5 January 2004
second ex F Sternberg Auction XXXV, Zürich, 28-29 October 2000, lot 571
Estimate: £150-250