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Auction XXII  7-8 Oct 2021
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Lot 819

Estimate: 20 000 GBP
Price realized: 120 000 GBP
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Commodus AV Aureus. Rome, AD 186-189. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / VICTORIAE FELICI, Victory, draped and turreted, flying to left, holding diadem in both hands above two oval shields, tablet inscribed C V P P below. RIC III -, cf. 196 (denarius); C. -, cf. 952 (denarius); BMCRE 240 note; Biaggi 1023; Calicó 2360a (same dies). 7.22g, 20mm, 12h.

Mint State. Extremely Rare; seemingly one of fewer than six known specimens.

From the Altstetten Collection, kept in the vault of Crédit Suisse Geneva (documentation available upon request) since 26 November 1969.
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