Live auction - brm_511829 - COMMODUS Sesterce

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Estimate :	750 €
Price :	450 €
Maximum bid :	450 €
End of the sale :	29 January 2019 14:32:10
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Sesterce

Date: 188

Mint name / Town : Roma

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 30 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 22,45 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Belle tête de Commode. Frappe brouillée au revers. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

C.153 - RIC.513 - BMC/RE.618 - MIR.18/748 -6/30 - RCV.5746 (600$) - SIR.77

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 : P M TR P XIII IM-P VIII COS V P P/ S|C// FR RED (SIC !).

Reverse description : Fortuna (la Fortune) drapée assise à gauche, tenant une gouvernail de la main droite posée sur un globe e tune corne d’abondance de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Tribunicia Potestate tertium decimum Imperator octavum Consul quintum Pater Patriæ// Fortunæ Reduci”, (Revêtu de la treizième puissance tribunitienne et de la huitième acclamation impériale consul pour la cinquième fois// Le retour de la Fortune).