Whose Face Is This?

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by furryfrog02, Jun 12, 2019.

  1. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    This is one of the last of my awful ancients that I can't for the life of me identify.
    After the great job that @Severus Alexander and @Justin Lee did with the roadkill Augustus of mine, I decided to dig this guy out and give him a go again.
    Still having no luck on my own, I am turning to you all for help (again...I'm sorry!)

    If anyone can point me in the right direction, I'd appreciate it!

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    Apologize for the pictures. He is so ugly that the camera doesn't like taking his picture either!
     
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  3. Mat

    Mat Ancient Coincoholic

    Looks like Commodus.
     
  4. TIF

    TIF Always learning.

    Looks like Commodus to me, or his dad.
     
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  5. Paddy54

    Paddy54 Well-Known Member

    I was going to say Doug but he's not wearing a hat. :hilarious:
     
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  6. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    90% sure it's Commodus, 10% it's Marcus Aurelius. No other options.
     
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  7. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

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  8. Severus Alexander

    Severus Alexander find me at NumisForums

    I can't access Wildwinds at the moment, but I'd say RIC 223a.

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  9. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

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  10. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Everybody beat me to it. Great job, Mat, TIF, RC, and Sev! I too am seeing Commodus and Minerva (that shield was a dead giveaway).

    Here's my only Commodus denarius for portrait comparison.
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  11. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    looks like Commodus to me.
     
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  12. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    As always, you all are the best. I only have 1 Commodus, a very worn sestertius that you can barely make out his portrait, so I am not real familiar with his face. This garbage denarius doen't help too much but I am glad to finally be able to put a name to a face. :)
    Thank you all again!
     
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  13. Roman Collector

    Roman Collector Well-Known Member

    The portrait on this denarius is the closest I have to that on yours, @furryfrog02 .

    Commodus CONC COM Concordia denarius.jpg
     
  14. Marsyas Mike

    Marsyas Mike Well-Known Member

    I never met an ugly denarius I didn't like. Figuring them out makes the ugly ones more fun than the FDC's (not that I have any FDCs). Commodus is one of my favorite emperors to collect - a vast array of types, some of them weird, and I like his portraits - sometimes he looks like a stupider, drunker, meaner Marcus Aurelius (and looks nothing like Joaquin Phoenix).

    Commodus had, according to OCRE, eight types of denarii with Minerva on the reverse.

    http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:"Minerva" AND denomination_facet:"Denarius" AND portrait_facet:"Commodus"

    I think Severus Alexander/Justin Lee are probably right with RIC 222A, although it could be RIC 223A - I cannot tell from the legends. As it so happens I just got one of these this Spring - an ugly one but I am very fond of the portrait:

    Commodus - Minerva Den Apr 2019 (0).jpg
    Commodus Denarius
    (190-191 A.D.)
    Rome Mint

    M COMM ANT P FEL A[VG BRIT P P], laureate head right / [MIN AVG] P M TR P XVI COS VI, Minerva walking right, holding branch in right hand, spear and shield in left.
    RIC 222a; Sear 5661; RSC 358.
    (2.46 grams / 18 x 16 mm)

    I just got another ugly Commodus/Minerva this month - an earlier issue, and it even has an owl that looks somewhat like a dog or a sea lion or something at her feet right. Not pretty at all:

    Commodus from lot - 4 denarii June 2019.jpg

    Commodus Denarius
    (183-184 A.D.)
    Rome Mint

    M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head right / PM TRP VIIII IMP VI COS
    IIII, Minerva walking right, brandishing javelin and holding shield, owl at her feet.
    RIC 72; RSC 424; Sear 5668.
    (2.29 grams / 17 mm)
     
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  15. ancient coin hunter

    ancient coin hunter 3rd Century Usurper

    Another vote for that evil man, Commodus.
     
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  16. Sallent

    Sallent Live long and prosper

    Great coins everyone. I only have a young Commodus, long before he became a paranoid psycho...

    Commodus denarius with seated victory.jpg
     
  17. Bert Gedin

    Bert Gedin Well-Known Member

    Definitely looks a lot like Commodus. BTW, who is this guy, Commodus ???
     
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