| Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 790 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,953 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (39mm, 45.32 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 184-185. M COMM[O]DVS [ANTO] NINVS AVG PIVS [BRIT], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / BRITANNIA P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Britannia seated left on a rock, holding a signum in right hand and transverse spear in left, resting left arm on shield set on a helmet. Old countermark on edge. Gnecchi II, p. 51, 2, pl. 78, 2; MIR 18, 1109-1/38; Banti 21 (this coin). Green-brown patina, red/green encrustations, a few marks on edge. VF. Extremely rare. Old countermark of star applied to edge. From the Libertas Collection. Ex Sotheby's (5 October 1989), lot 163. Ex Platt Hall Collection (Part II, Glendining's, 16 November 1950), lot 1629; Frederick A. Walters Collection (A. Hess 211, 9 May 1932), lot 1046. This reverse commemorates the victories in Scotland of the governor Ulpius Marcellus in AD 184/5, which were in retribution for a major barbarian invasion several years earlier which resulted in major damage to Hadrian's Wall, which had been temporarily overrun, and the defeat and death of an unknown governor. Estimate: 5000 USD |  |
