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Sestertius with bust of Commodus
Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 183–184
Mint: Rome
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Diameter: 35 mm. Weight: 27.27 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number40.180
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, right, bearded, draped.
MCOMMODVSAN TONINV[VS]AVGPIVS
Reverse: Fides standing right holding plate of fruit in left hand and in right ears of wheat downwards.
TRPVIIIIIMP VICOSIIIIPP S C (left and right in field)
MCOMMODVSAN TONINV[VS]AVGPIVS
Reverse: Fides standing right holding plate of fruit in left hand and in right ears of wheat downwards.
TRPVIIIIIMP VICOSIIIIPP S C (left and right in field)
ProvenanceBy 1911: with Jacob Hirsch, Arcisstrasse 17, Munich, Germany (J. Hirsch auction 30, Munich, May 11ff., 1911, lot 1039 [citing "Sammlungen Carfrae u. 'Astronomer," Nr. 562"]); by 1940: Private Collection, U.S.; anonymous gift to MFA, April 11, 1940