Lot description:
Good Very Fine; struck from weak rev. die, a strong portrait and with a beautiful glossy patina, probably the best example of this very rare coin to come to auction | ROMAN EMPIRE. Commodus.
Bronze sestertius, AD 183. Rome.
Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head right. Rev: SALVS AVG TR P VIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, Salus standing left, holding sceptre and patera over lit altar; S-C across fields.
Good Very Fine; struck from weak rev. die, a strong portrait and with a beautiful glossy patina, probably the best example of this very rare coin to come to auction.
Reference: RIC III-381c.
Rarity: Very Rare.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, February 2015.
Die Axis: 12h.
Diameter: 31 mm.
Weight: 21.70 g.
Composition: Bronze.
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Estimate: 300 GBP
Starting price: 150 GBP | |