v45_0413 - COMMODUS As, (MB, Æ 24)
MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Starting price : 145.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 200.00 €
Type : As, (MB, Æ 24)
Date: 175-176
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 30e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré à l’usure très importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine noire granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L AVREL COMMODO CAES AVG - FIL GERM SARM.
Obverse description : Buste drapé et cuirassé, tête nue de Commode à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°2).
Obverse translation : “Lucio Aurelio Commodo Cæsari Augusto Filio Germanico Sarmatico” (À Lucius Aurelius Commodus césar, fils de Marc Aurèle germanique et sarmatique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : EQVESTER/ OR.DO/ PRINCEPS/ IVVENT/ S C.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes inscrites sur un bouclier.
Reverse translation : “Equester Ordo Princeps Ivventus”, (L’ordre équestre prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Le revers de ce bronze commémore le cent vingt cinquième anniversaire de la création du même type par Claude pour son fils adoptif Néron en 50.
Historical background
COMMODUS
(166-31/12/192)
Caesar
Commodus was born in the purple on August 31, 161. Son of Marcus Aurelius and young Faustina, his twin brother died very early, in 165 or 166. He received the title of Caesar on this date but he was not really associated with power. only at the time of the revolt of Avidius Cassius in 175, after the death of Faustina Young in Cappadocia. For the first time since Nerva, the Emperor does not choose his successor by adoption, but raises his own offspring to august. Commodus, associated with the Empire from 176-177, will succeed his father in 180.
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