Lot 3499

Description

Crispina, wife of Commodus, (m. A.D.177), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued 178-180, (2.208 grams), obv. draped bust to right of Crispina with hair bound up behind head, around CRISPI NA AVG, rev. CONCORDIA around, clasped hands; another AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued 180-182, (21.26 grams), obv. similar around, CRISPINA AVGVSTA, rev. Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopiae, S C in exergue, CONCORDIA around, (S.5997, RIC 279, BMC 29, RSC 9; S.6004, RIC 665, C.6). Nearly very fine and scarce. (2)

The Reka-Devnia hoard contained 88,044 silver coins, including 596 coins of Crispina and 62 of this variety.