Harlan J. Berk

229th Buy or Bid Sale  –  19 November 2024

Harlan J. Berk, 229th Buy or Bid Sale

Ancient and World Coins

Tu, 19.11.2024, from 11:00 PM CET
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Description

Commodus. Sestertius; Commodus; 177-192 AD, Rome, 186 AD, Sestertius, 25.56g. BM-597, pl. 107.3 (rev. only, same die as ours). Obv: M COMMODVS ANT - P FELIX AVG BRIT Head laureate r. Rs: NOB[ILITAS AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII C]OS V P P around, S - C across field. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Bertolami E61, 9 Sept. 2018, part lot 920. Nobilitas usually stands r. in this type; our left facing variant on sestertii may come from just this one reverse die.Light green patination; 2 hairlines in reverse field at 3 o'clock; struck in low relief. EF

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