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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1092

Roman Empire, Commodus (AD 177-192), AR Denarii (5): i) Rome, M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right, rev. LIB AVG IIII TR P VI IMP IIII COS III, P P, Liberalitas standing left, holding cornucopiae and abacus 2.65g (RIC 22; BMC 53), good fine; ii) another, as before, rev. TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P, Annona standing left, holding cornucopiae and grain-ears over modius, 2.20g (RIC 14; BMC 58), fine to good fine; iii) another, as before, M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, rev. P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, Felicitas standing left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, modius to left, 2.35g (RIC 74; BMC 122), lustrous, near very fine, some deposits; iv) another, as before, P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, Pax Standing left, holding branch and cornucopiae, 3.18g (RIC 77; BMC 125), some deposits, wear to reverse, fine to good fine; v) M COMM ANT AVG P BRIT FEL, laureate head right, rev. SAEC FEL P M TR P [X IMP VII] COS IIII P P, Victory inscribing shield VO/DE, 3.27g (RIC 113; BMC 166), lamentable presence of verdigris, otherwise good fine or better; (5).

Provenance

The Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii, found at Little Busby, North Yorkshire, on 2 June 2021 [PAS YORYM-B64A28]



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£320

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£100