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Auction: 24125 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 39: Ancient Coins, featuring the Little Busby Hoard of Roman Denarii - e-Auction
Lot: 1095

Roman Empire, Commodus (AD 177-192), AR Denarii (5): i) Rome, struck 190, M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right, rev. TEMP FELIC P M TR P XV COS VI, winged caduceus between crescents, 2.67g (RIC 209; BMC 283), slight wear, near very fine; ii) another, as before, rev. FIDEI COH P M TR P XVI COS VI, Fides standing left, holding grain ears and vexillum, 2.39g (RIC 220; BMC 298), some deposits, residual lustre, good fine; iii) another, as before, 2.49g, deposits to portrait, slightly grainy surface, good to fine; iv) another, as before, rev. MIN AVG P M TR P [XVI COS VI], Minerva advancing right, holding torch and shield, 2.18g (RIC 222a; BMC 302), slight flan crack, deposits to portrait, residual lustre, good fine or better; v) another, as before, struck 191, L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, rev. I O M SPONSOR SEC AVG, Jupiter, holding thunderbolt, and Commodus, holding globe and sceptre, standing side by side, 2.81g (RIC 255; BMC 346), scarce and interesting later type, showcasing the security provided to Commodus by the King of the Gods, good fine to very fine for this difficult type; (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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