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Aureus with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 181–182
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.31 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number69.1056
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed.
M.COMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG
Reverse: Commodus, togate, seated left on platform, right hand extended. At right soldier standing holding wand. At left Liberalitas standing with abacus and cornucopia. Togate citizen at left mounts steps to platform.
TRPVII IMPIIII C OSIIIP.P. LIBERAL.V (in exergue)
M.COMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG
Reverse: Commodus, togate, seated left on platform, right hand extended. At right soldier standing holding wand. At left Liberalitas standing with abacus and cornucopia. Togate citizen at left mounts steps to platform.
TRPVII IMPIIII C OSIIIP.P. LIBERAL.V (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy 1969: with Bank Leu AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG, Haldenstrasse 5, CH-6000, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction 41, April 24-25, lot 258); purchased on behalf of MFA at auction 41 by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 23, 1969: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.