Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 98 12 December 2016
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The Roman Empire
Commodus, 177 – 192
Sestertius 186-189, Æ 22.96 g. M COMMODVS ANT – P FELIX AVG BRIT Laureate head r. Rev. ROMAE AE – TERNAE S – C Roma seated l., holding Victory and spear; shield at side and, in exergue, COS V P P . C 648. BMC 609. RIC 550.
A lovely portrait and a pleasant brown tone, surface slightly porous on
reverse, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Sternberg sale XI, 1981, 663. Illustrated on www.romancoins.info, section imagines imperatorum.