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Sestertius with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 180
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze (with traces of silvering?)
Dimensions
Diameter: 33 mm. Weight: 23.06 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession Number1986.896
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed.
MCOMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG
Reverse: Emperor on horseback right, spear in raised right hand. Below, fallen enemy on right knee, right hand extended.
TR PVIMP IIIICOSII P P S C (in exergue)
MCOMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG
Reverse: Emperor on horseback right, spear in raised right hand. Below, fallen enemy on right knee, right hand extended.
TR PVIMP IIIICOSII P P S C (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Henry Platt Hall Collection; by 1950: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London W. 1 (auction of the H. P. Hall Collection, part 2, November 16-17, 20-21, 1950, lot 1624, partial [said to be from General Moore Collection]); purchased at unknown date in the 1950s by Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 17, 1986