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Medallion with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 189–191
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 42 mm. Weight: 58.90 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number65.907
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, left.
MCOMMODVSANTONINV SPIVSFELIXAVGBRIT
Reverse: Harbor at Ostia with emperor standing at right, before a tripod, accompanied by a priest; lighthouse at right; in foreground, a sacrificed bull. At left, ship under sail with Serapis seated in stern. Two smaller ships, one with standards, in center. Two more ships above, one under sail.
[VO]TIS FELICIBVS
MCOMMODVSANTONINV SPIVSFELIXAVGBRIT
Reverse: Harbor at Ostia with emperor standing at right, before a tripod, accompanied by a priest; lighthouse at right; in foreground, a sacrificed bull. At left, ship under sail with Serapis seated in stern. Two smaller ships, one with standards, in center. Two more ships above, one under sail.
[VO]TIS FELICIBVS
ProvenanceBy 1965: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr., September 22, 1965