Need some help on Commodus Sestertius

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  1. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    Need some help attributing this one. I don't think it is RIC 446 but it looks a little like it.

    The obverse legend is:
    M COMMODVS ANTO N AVG PIVS BRIT

    The reverse is not all readable all I can see is
    COS IIII P P

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  3. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    It does certainly look like 446. But 446 is COS III.
    I would say it nearly matches 363 too, but 363 doesn't have BRIT at the end...
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  8. curtislclay

    curtislclay Well-Known Member

    Apparently an obv. legend var. of RIC 405 and BM 531, from the same dies as a spec. I wrote into my BMC: CNG E243, 2010, lot 365. Here is CNG's photo: CommSVIIIIPaxStdCNG243.365.jpg
     
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    Winner winner chicken dinner!
     
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  10. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    Anyone able to find a link to this auction ?
     
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  12. curtislclay

    curtislclay Well-Known Member

    Acessible through Research on the CNG website.
     
  13. bcuda

    bcuda El Ibérico loco

    Wondering how should I word my attribute to the coin now?

    possibly as follows?

    Commodus
    Struck 183-184 AD
    AE Sestertius
    Obv: M COMMODVS ANTO N AVG PIVS BRIT
    laureate head right
    Rev: P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, S C
    Pax seated left, holding branch and cornucopiae
    18.69 grams , Obverse legend variant of
    RIC 405 and BM 531
     
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