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Auction 22  22 Jun 2021
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Lot 312

Estimate: 35 000 CHF
Price realized: 32 000 CHF
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Commodus, 177-192. Aureus (Gold, 19.5 mm, 7.22 g, 5 h), Rome, 188. M COMM • ANT • P FEL • AVG BRIT Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right. Rev. P M • TR P XIII • IMP VIII COS V • P • P / SAL • AVG Salus, seated to left, feeding snake, rising from an altar to her left, out of patera which she holds in her right hand, while resting her left elbow on the edge of her throne. BMC p. 735, note *. Biaggi 1029 (same dies). Calicó 2322 (same dies). Cohen -. MIR 749-2/33. RIC 178 (but TR P XIII, not XIIII). Rare. A splendid, sharply struck and toned piece with a fine portrait. Virtually as struck.

From an American collection, ex Palombo 17, 20 October 2018, 79.
Encapsulated by NGC no. 4936000-003, graded Choice Mint State, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
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