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Medallion with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 190
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 39 mm. Weight: 54.12 gm. Die Axis: 12
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.703
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Medallions
Catalogue Raisonné
Roman Medallions (MFA, 1962, 1975), no. 040.
DescriptionObverse: Laureate, cuirassed, and draped bust of Commodus to right.
MCOMMODVSANTONINVS PIVSFELIXAVGBRIT
Reverse: Neptune, nude, standing right, scepter in right hand, dolphin in left, foot on prow. Facing him, over an altar, Commodus, draped and veiled, holding a patera.
PIOIMPOMNIAFELICIAPMTRPXVIMPVIII in exergue: COSVIPP
MCOMMODVSANTONINVS PIVSFELIXAVGBRIT
Reverse: Neptune, nude, standing right, scepter in right hand, dolphin in left, foot on prow. Facing him, over an altar, Commodus, draped and veiled, holding a patera.
PIOIMPOMNIAFELICIAPMTRPXVIMPVIII in exergue: COSVIPP
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Sir John Evans Collection; by date unknown: Sir Arthur Evans Collection; by 1934: with Ars Classica S.A., 31 Quai du Mont-Blanc, Geneva, Switzerland (Ars Classica auction 17, Hötel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, Switzerland, October 3ff., 1934, lot 1515); by date unknown: Prof. Calabrese Collection, Rome; by date unknown: with Mark M. Salton-Schlessinger, New York; purchased by MFA from Mark M. Salton-Schlessinger, September 18, 1958, for $ 450.00