Suppression of the British Revolt

298, Lot: 289. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 17.91 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 184. Laureate head right / Victory seated right on rocks, holding palm and inscribing shield set on left knee; two shields on ground behind; VICT BRIT in exergue. RIC III 440; Banti 484. VF, brown patina, porous, reverse strike a bit soft.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (21 February 1990), lot 354.

A serious revolt erupted in Britain in AD 184, the causes of which are uncertain. The revolt was quickly put down, and a series of coins was struck to commemorate the event.