Scarce Commodus denarius
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Object number
AR3168M16
| Ruler: |
Commodus (Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus Augustus) |
| Reign: |
180 - 192 A.D.
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| Value: |
Denarius
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| Material: |
Silver
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| Details: |
Diameter: 15mm - 18mm, weight: 3.19 g. Rome mint, 190 - 191 A.D. |
| Obverse: |
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P Laureate head right. |
| Reverse: |
GEN AVG FELIC COS VI Genius, naked but for chlamys draped from shoulder to loins, standing front by altar, head left, holding patera and cornucopiae. |
| Condition |
Very fine. Slightly small flan.
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| References: |
RIC 227: RSC 172; BMCRE 289; Sear 5643. RIC Scarce. |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 in a German auction house. Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. Auktion 140 (1984), Lot Nr. 199.
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| Authenticity: |
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