v18_0422 - COMMODUS Sesterce, (MB, Æ 31)
MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Sesterce, (MB, Æ 31)
Date: 175
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 21,67 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 30e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet, légèrement ovale. Beau portrait juvénile de Commode. Jolie patine verte. Deux infimes petites concrétions vertes au revers
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 Aurèle Commode césar, fils de Marc Aurèle germanique samartique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : SPE-S. PVBLICA/ S|C.
Reverse description : Spes (l'Espérance) marchant à gauche, tenant une fleur de la main droite et relevant sa robe de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : “Spes Publica”, (L'Espérance publique).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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