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Medallion with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 183
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 37 mm. Weight: 52.17 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.966
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 037.
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, wearing cuirass with scales, right.
MAVRELCOMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG
Reverse: Pomona seated right, holding corn ears and poppy in left hand, right hand raised to grapevine, below which two children in tub, and a third at feet of goddess.
[PMTRPVIIIIIMPVICOS] IIIIPP TEMPORVM / FELICITAS (in exergue)
MAVRELCOMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG
Reverse: Pomona seated right, holding corn ears and poppy in left hand, right hand raised to grapevine, below which two children in tub, and a third at feet of goddess.
[PMTRPVIIIIIMPVICOS] IIIIPP TEMPORVM / FELICITAS (in exergue)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mazzini Collection (G. Mazzini, Monete Imperiali Romane, vol. 2, Milan, 1957, p. 384, pl. 143, no. 731v.); by date unknown: with Leu & Co.'s Bank, Ltd., 32 rue de la Gare, Zurich, Switzerland; October 9, 1958: purchased by MFA from Leu & Co.'s Bank, Ltd. for $ 2,466 (this is the total price for 58.960-58.967)