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Sestertius with head of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 184
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm. Weight: 22.7 gm.
Credit Line
Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum
Accession Number13.708
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
MCOMMODVSANT [ON]AVGPIVSBRIT
Reverse: Victory, winged, naked to waist, seated right on shields and arms, with stylus in right hand preparing to inscribe oval shield set on left knee.
[PMTRPVIIIII]MPVII[CO]SIIIIPP In ex.: [VI]CTBR[IT]
S C left and right, low in field
MCOMMODVSANT [ON]AVGPIVSBRIT
Reverse: Victory, winged, naked to waist, seated right on shields and arms, with stylus in right hand preparing to inscribe oval shield set on left knee.
[PMTRPVIIIII]MPVII[CO]SIIIIPP In ex.: [VI]CTBR[IT]
S C left and right, low in field