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Auction XXII  7-8 Oct 2021
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Lot 816

Estimate: 7500 GBP
Price realized: 10 000 GBP
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Commodus Æ Medallion. Rome, AD 183-184. M AVREL COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, Pomona seated to right, holding two grain ears and a poppy; before, two infants in tub, one picking fruit from tree, the other crushing it; between, infant standing facing; TEMPORVM FELICITAS in exergue. Gnecchi II, 133, pl. 87, 2 (this coin) = Banti III-3, p. 205, 399 (same); C. 724. 65.95g, 38mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.

This medallion published in A. Banti, I Grandi Bronzi Imperiali Vol. III, Part 3 (Florence, 1986);
This medallion published in F. Gnecchi, I Medaglioni Romani Vol. II (Milan, 1912);
Ex Médaillier Giovanni Chiarot, Tradart S.A., Numismatic Auction 21, 15 February 2018, lot 139;
Ex Vicomte de Sartiges Collection (Un diplomat étranger), Jacob Hirsch - Ars Classica SA, Auction XVIII, 10 October 1938, lot 292;
Ex Dr Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer Collection, Jacob Hirsch, Auction 18, 27 October 1907, lot 1031.
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