Commodus rare bust denarius

hello all,

Commodus (177-192 AD). AR Denarius (18 mm, 2.71 g), Rome, 188 AD.
Obv. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev. P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Libertas standing facing, head turned left, holding pileus in right hand, scepter in left.
RIC III 168var. (bust type); BMCRE 248var. (same).
Foto's vendor, i have to wait for the mail.

Rare bust. Good very fine.
This typ bust do you see more on gold ones!

happy new Year

 

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Congratulations. Love the bust.

 

A similar one sold on VAuctions, Auction 240, Lot 50, back in 2010.
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=730100

Two sold by Rauch, one in 2014 and one in 2015.
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2286871
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2565307

Nice find.

 

Thanks all, the bust is great, i have rechange the information

 

That's nice, I like it a lot. Marcus has one similar too, which I don't own.

 

Great bust, great photo

 

Nice jobs of the pic.

 

this is my denarius, why is it a rare bust? (just curious) commodus( ninth year) denarius.

 

Commodus do you see more his head, not complete ful bust, younger y ears he did that later years only on gold ones

 

@ro1974 this Commodus denarius is a great find. I've been looking for a good style denarius of his for decades and so far I failed. Now that I see yours I can hope again

Q

 

Great to hear you liked it, i can help if i see one

 

ah, ok

 

in the \you makes the picture how the coin is in hand

still i cannot find one bust with this
type
https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PA...R_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1

 

i can only find Bust types with this bust liberalitas

 

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Here's my Liberalitas with a draped and cuirassed bust:


Commodus, AD 177-192.
Roman AR denarius, 3.42 g, 18 mm.
Rome, AD 180.
Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: LIB AVG TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P, Liberalitas standing left, holding counting-board and cornucopiae.
Refs: RIC 10; RSC 302; BMC 3; Szaivert 496/4.