v13_0353 - COMMODUS Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 13 (2001)
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 182.94 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (GB, Æ 31)
Date: 178
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 26,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Emission: 36e
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait. Patine marron. A été légèrement nettoyé et gratté au droit. Frappe faible et molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : L AVREL COMM-ODVS AVG TR P III.
Obverse description : Buste lauré et cuirassé de Commode à droite vu de trois quarts en arrière (B*4).
Obverse translation : "Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Tribunicia Potestas tertius", (Lucius Aurèle Commode auguste revêtu de la troisième puissance tribunitienne ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LIBERTAS AVG - IM-P II COS P P/ S|C.
Reverse description : Libertas (la Liberté) drapée debout à gauche, tenant un bonnet de la main droite et un sceptre long de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Libertas Augusti Imperator secundus Consul Pater Patriæ", (la Liberté de l’auguste revêtu de la deuxième salutation impériale consul père de la patrie).
Historical background
COMMODUS
(166-31/12/192)
Augustus with Marcus Aurelius
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 did not choose his successor by adoption, but raised his own offspring to the Augustate. Commode, associated with the Empire from 176-177, will succeed his father in 180.
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