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Nomos 19

17 November 2019
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zurich
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Estimate: 4000 CHF
Hammer Price:  6800 CHF
Lot 279

Commodus, 177-192. Aureus (Gold, 20 mm, 7.18 g, 12 h), Rome, 178. L• AVREL• COMMODVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Commodus to right. Rev. TR P III• IMP II COS P• P Castor standing left, holding spear and bridle of a horse that stands behind him to left. Cf. BMC 774, Calicó 2337b, Cohen 760, and RIC 648 (but on all Castor holds a reversed spear). For an example struck from the same dies, see Numismatica Ars Classica 71, 2013, 244 (ex HSA 22214, once in the collection of the American Numismatic Society). An extremely rare variety, apparently unpublished. With an appealing, youthful portrait. Good very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Numismatica Ars Classica A, 27-28 February 1991, 1855.

Online bidding closes: 17 Nov 2019, 10:00:00 CET Current Date & Time: 20 Apr 2024, 12:29:40 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6800 CHF

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