Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4221 Session 14 (4.30pm Thu 27th March) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $200
CRISPINA, wife of Commodus, (m. A.D.177), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued 180-2, (3.26 g), obv. draped bust to right of Crispina with hair bound up behind head, around CRISPINA AVGVSTA, rev. DIS GENITALIBVS around, large rectangular altar or enclosure, (S.5999, RIC 281, BMC 39, RSC 16). Bright, nearly extremely fine and a rare type.
The 'Gods of Childbirth' are here invoked and although there is no record of any offspring resulting from this marriage it must be assumed that the type was issued in anticipation of the birth of an heir to the Antonine throne.
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