The Roman Empire
Commodus, 177 – 192
Sestertius 186-189, Æ 24.65 g. M COMMODVS ANT – P FELIX AVG BRIT Laureate head r. Rev. PIETATI SENATVS S – C Commodus and Genius Senatus clasping hands; in exergue, COS V P P. C 410. BMC 607. RIC 549. Mazzini 410 (this coin).
Rare. A very attractive portrait and an interesting reverse composition.
Brown-green patina and about extremely fine
Ex Hess-Divo sale 326, 2011, 359.
A great provenance from the Mazzini collection with the somewhat cynical reverse of "Pietas Senatus" (for an emperor fighting with the Roman senate throughout his later reign). A very expressive portrait make this coin special. AMP.