Live auction - brm_622840 - COMMODUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	400 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	27 October 2020 15:05:51

Type : Sesterce

Date: 191

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 28,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 20,35 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Petit flan à l’usure marquée mais beau revers pour ce type rare et recherché !

Catalogue references :

Cal.355 (40f.) - RIC.599 (R2) - BMC/RE.680 - MIR.18/827 /6-30

Obverse

Obverse legend : L AEL AVREL CO-MM AVG P FEL.

Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue de Commode à droite (O*).

Obverse translation : "Lucius Ælius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix", (Lucius Aélius Aurèle Commode auguste pieux et heureux).

Reverse

Reverse legend : MATRI DEVM CONSERV AVG// CO-S VI P P/ SC.

Reverse description : Cybèle (la Grande Mère), tourelée et drapée assise de face sur un lion bondissant à droite, tenant le tympanon de la main droite et un long sceptre de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : "Matri Deum Conservatrici Augusti Consul sextum Pater Patriæ", (À la mère des dieux conservatrice de l'auguste consul pour la sixième fois père de la patrie).