Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1601. Estimate $250. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CRISPINA, wife of Commodus. Augusta 178-182 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.45 gm). Struck circa 178-180 AD. Draped bust right / Concordia seated left, holding patera and double cornuacopiae. RIC III 665 (Commodus); MIR 18, 4-6a; BMCRE 409 (Commodus); Cohen 6 var. (single cornucopiae). VF, olive green patina with red highlights, flan crack, scratches on reverse, some smoothing. ($250)
From the Tony Hardy Collection.