Live auction - brm_893877 - COMMODUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	09 April 2024 15:21:25

Type : Sesterce

Date: 189

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : copper

Diameter : 29 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 22,94 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli portrait de l’empereur malgré l’usure. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

RCV.5828 (1500$) - RIC.552 - BMC/RE.611 - C.953 (20 f.)

Obverse

Obverse legend : M COMMODVS ANT - P FELIX AVG BRIT.

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

Obverse translation : “Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus”, (Marc Commode Antonin pieux heureux auguste vainqueur des Bretons).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTOR-IAE. FE-LICI.

Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, ailée, debout à gauche, tenant des deux mains un diadème ouvert au dessus de deux boucliers inscrits S C ; au dessous, une tablette inscrite COS V P P.

Reverse translation : “Victoriae Felicitas Consul quintum Pater Patriæ”, (A l’Heureuse Victoire, consul pour la cinquième fois, père de la patrie).