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Sestertius with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 183–184
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 32.5 mm. Weight: 25.68 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number64.2136
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, right.
MCOMMODVSAN TONINVSAVGPIVS
Reverse: Hercules stands, head right, right hand on hip, left holding club, wrapped in lion-skin, set on rock.
PMTRPVIIIIIMP VICOSIIIIPP S C (left and right in field)
MCOMMODVSAN TONINVSAVGPIVS
Reverse: Hercules stands, head right, right hand on hip, left holding club, wrapped in lion-skin, set on rock.
PMTRPVIIIIIMP VICOSIIIIPP S C (left and right in field)
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); by 1964: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 1-11 John Adam Street, The Adelphi, London; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., December 9, 1964