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Commodus Fourrée Mule Aureus. Contemporary imitation, possibly Indian or Eastern, after AD 193. IIM COMM ΛNT FEL ΛVG BRI, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / LΛEIT... ...R COS I, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and sceptre. Unpublished. 4.90g, 21mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine; minor breaks in plating on obv., large areas of core exposed on rev. A contemporary imitation of particularly fine style.
From a private European collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 30, 29 October 2016, lot 505 (since expertly cleaned).
This unpublished contemporary imitation appears to be based on obverses of Commodus with the legend M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT (cf. RIC 119 ff.), which was used from late AD 185, and a reverse type of Pertinax from AD 193 with the legend LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II (cf. RIC 4a).
Near Extremely Fine; minor breaks in plating on obv., large areas of core exposed on rev. A contemporary imitation of particularly fine style.
From a private European collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 30, 29 October 2016, lot 505 (since expertly cleaned).
This unpublished contemporary imitation appears to be based on obverses of Commodus with the legend M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT (cf. RIC 119 ff.), which was used from late AD 185, and a reverse type of Pertinax from AD 193 with the legend LAETITIA TEMPOR COS II (cf. RIC 4a).