Gemini XIII

411.

Lot of four bronze coins of Lucius Verus and

Commodus, three of them ex Dattari.

(1) Lucius

Verus, AE 32, Year 6 = 165/6 AD, 22.03g. Bust

laureate left with fold of cloak on front shoulder /

C[EM]ACIA Semasia, holding up palm branch and

with cloak fluttering behind her, on horse gallop-

ing left. Dattari-Savio pl. 203, 3781 and 9507, both

from same rev. die as ours. Dattari-Savio Suppl. 16,

pl. 24 (this coin). (2) Commodus, AE 24.5, Year

23 = 182/3 AD, 6.16g. Head laureate right / Facing

head of Sarapis, wearing kalathos. Dattari-Savio pl.

211, 3932 (this coin). Emmett 2616/23 (R5, citing

our Dattari coin). (3) Commodus, AE 21.5-24, Year

25 = 184/5 AD, 8.41g. Head laureate right / Tyche

standing left holding rudder and cornucopia. Dattari-

Savio pl. 212, 9655 (this coin) and 3947 (different

dies). Emmett 2620/25 (R5, citing Dattari 3947). (4)

Commodus, AE 22-23, Year 26 = 185/6 AD, 4.39g.

Head laureate right / Nike advancing right hold-

ing wreath and [palm]. Dattari-Savio pl. 211, 9648.

Emmett 2608/26 (R5, citing that Dattari coin and

another with unclear date). The first three About

VF, the last coin Poor

$150

412.

Lot of three bronze drachms of Lucilla, all ex

Dattari.

(1) AE 32, date unclear (Dattari read Year

8 = 167/8 AD), 25.59g. Bust draped right / [EI]PH -

NH Eirene seated left holding patera. Dattari-Savio

pl. 205, 3819 (this coin). Emmett 2476/8 (R4, cit-

ing our Dattari coin). (2) AE 31.5, possibly Year 9

= 168/9 AD, 18.11g. Bust draped right / Isis seated

right suckling Harpokrates, within two-columned

temple with rounded pediment. Dattari-Savio pl.

206, 9535 and a second, unnumbered, specimen,

which is our coin. Emmett 2479/9 (R5, citing

Dattari 9535). (3) AE 30-31, Dattari read Year 9 =

168/9 AD, 22.21g. Bust draped right / Serpent with

Sarapis head erect on horse stepping right. Dattari-

Savio pl. 205, 3822 (this coin). Emmett 2481/9

(R4, citing our Dattari coin). The bronze drachms

of Lucilla are very rare: Dattari was only able to

assemble eleven specimens, showing eight different

reverse types. VG

$150