Most realistic portret from Commodus

Commodus, A.D. 177-192, AR Denarius (17mm, 2,50 g, 6h), Rome mint, Struck AD 191 EF Choice Portrait of finest style
Obv: M COMM ANT P FE - L AVG BRIT P P, Laureate head right
Rev: FIDEI COH P M TR P XVI COS VI, Fides standing l. holding two wheat ears and vexillum.

RIC III 220; BMC 298. Toned EF. Coice portrait of finest style.

Fides as "The Loyalty of the Cohorts". Not a common type: 33 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard.

most realistic portret of Commodus
most coin he looks almost as his father, thats not right to me, he was adopted

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Books on Commodus say he was the natural son of Marcus.

 

Nice coin Ro. That is indeed a fantastic portrait of Commodus.

 

Great style coin!

You seem to find the good stuff!

John

 

very nice Ronald

 

Very nice!! Love the life-like portrait!!

As @Valentinian posted, I believe he was a 'natural' son.....

 

big mistake sorry

thanks all

 

Great coin with nice toning. Sometimes the portraits of Commodus are a little generic, glad to see that you got a very distinctive one.

 

Great portrait ! I am not particularly fond of most portraits of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. They do not look life-like compared to say those of Trajan or Hadrian.

 

Very nice!

 

There are so many portrait styles that I'm not sure how we are suppose to know exactly what he looked like. Most would say large statues would be most accurate but that is not necessarily the case. Of course, Commodus was around for years and changed appearance just like the rest of us do. Below are my favorite portraits of his. The first as Caesar strikes me likely to grow into the second two (same year).



Much later and more tired looking is this denarius attributed to the Alexandria mint. Below it is a tetradrachm of Alexandria for comparison. I do not know if both mints were under the same management.

 

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My commodus:


RI Commodus 177-192 CE AR Denarius 17.7mm 2.42g Apollo Plectrum Lyre RIC 218 RSC 25 BMCRE 292 Rare Type


RI Commodus 177-192 CE AR Denarius laureate hd and Hercules and Africa

Even his WIFE kinda looks like him...

RI Crispina m Commodus 177 CE AR denarius 2.29g Juno stdg RIC-283

 

Young and innocent at age 12


at age 28

 

not happy

 

I Like it! Very nice portrait and denarius in my book! Nice detail, good eye appeal, and what looks like original patina.

 

Here is my Commodus as an ass; I mean as Hercules on an As

 

One of the very rare that were born in purple..