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Medallion with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 186
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze (bimetallic)
Dimensions
Diameter: 39 mm. Weight: 62.85 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Professor George H. Chase
Accession Number58.376
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 039.
DescriptionObverse: Bearded and laureate bust of Commodus to left, holding spear with right hand and wearing aegis.
MCOMMODVSANTONINV SPIVSFELIXAVGBRIT
Reverse: Emperor in triumphal quadriga to right, the chariot ornamented with reliefs.
PMTRPXIIMPVII in exergue: COSVPP
MCOMMODVSANTONINV SPIVSFELIXAVGBRIT
Reverse: Emperor in triumphal quadriga to right, the chariot ornamented with reliefs.
PMTRPXIIMPVII in exergue: COSVPP
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Earl Fitzwilliam Collection; by 1949: with Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd., Spencer House, 27 St. James's Place, St. James's Streeet, London, S.W. 1 (Christie's auction of the Earl Fitzwilliam Collection, sold by order of the Earl Fitzwilliam's Wentworth Estates Company, May 30-31, 1949, lot 356); by date unknown: U.S. Private Collection; Anonymous gift to MFA in memory of Prof. George H. Chase, April 10, 1958