Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3766

Price realized: 95 CHF   (Approx. 108 USD / 100 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commodus, 177-192. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.10 g, 6 h), Rome, 177-178. L AVREL COMMODVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind. Rev. TR P III IMP II COS P P Salus seated left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne. BMC 777. Cohen 762. RIC 649. Struck from slightly worn dies and with light doubling, otherwise, very fine.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3772

Price realized: 160 CHF   (Approx. 182 USD / 169 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commodus, 177-192. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 2.90 g, 12 h), Rome, 179-180. L AVREL COMMODVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind. Rev. TR P V IMP III COS II P P Fortuna seated left, holding rudder in her right hand and cornucopiae in her left; below seat, wheel. BMC 811. Cohen 779. RIC 2. About extremely fine.


From the Yothr Collection of coins of Commodus, Obolos 27, 21 March 2023, 593.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3777

Price realized: 140 CHF   (Approx. 159 USD / 148 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commodus, 177-192. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.60 g, 12 h), Rome, 180-183. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right, seen from behind. Rev. TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P Roma seated right, holding inverted spear in her right hand and parazonium in her left. BMC p. 690, †. Cohen 785. RIC 5. Very fine.


From the Yothr Collection of coins of Commodus, ex Soler y Llach 1124, 23 February 2022, 989.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2294

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 318 USD / 294 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Aemilian, 253. Antoninianus (Silver, 20 mm, 3.55 g, 12 h), Rome. IMP CAES AEMILIANVS P F AVG Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Aemilian to right, seen from behind. Rev. VICTORIA AVG Victory advancing left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left. Cohen 52. RIC 21. Lightly toned and with a sharp portrait. Struck from a slightly worn reverse die, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the collection of a Swiss scholar and previously from an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.

Starting price: 75 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 2662

Price realized: 50 CHF   (Approx. 57 USD / 53 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


PHOENICIA. Berytus. Elagabalus, 218-222. Octassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 21.18 g, 6 h). IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. Rev. COL IVL AVG FEC (sic!) / BER Front view of tetrastyle temple with shield in pediment and acroteria along roofline, Nike raising wreath on each corner and Poseidon with Beroe on top; inside,Tyche-Astarte standing facing, left foot on prow of galley, holding stylis with her right hand and being crowned by Nike standing left on cippus; on either side, genius holding torch; below, sairway with two genii on dolphins at each side; below dolphins, cups. BMC 175. Rouvier 573. RPC VI, 8323. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


From the Jay Smith Collection of coins of Elagabalus, privately acquired from M. Hay in January 2023.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 3861

Price realized: 220 CHF   (Approx. 250 USD / 232 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Caracalla, 198-217. Antoninianus (Silver, 22 mm, 5.26 g, 6 h), Rome, 215-217. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Caracalla to right, seen from behind. Rev. VENVS VICTRIX Venus standing front, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and long scepter in her left, her left elbow resting on shield set on helmet. BMC 78. Cohen 608. RIC 311c. Lustrous and fresh. Minor weakness on the reverse and with very light deposits, otherwise, good extremely fine.

Starting price: 50 CHF