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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3267147, member: 91461&quot;]I&#039;ve been keeping it under my hat the last couple days but...I FREAKIN LOVE YOUR #1!!! Just a freaking beauty on all levels for me.</p><p>So much in fact, I&#039;d been waiting for an auction to close today with a Commodus/akles, and not wanting to bring attention to the beauty and historicity of the type that, I didn&#039;t mention it in my initial congratulations of your magnificent Top 10!</p><p>Good news, I still won it. And think it&#039;s beautiful.</p><p>Though I think it&#039;s a bit of a light strike more than excessive circulation, I like his portrait and the lions face and hair.</p><p>Check it out!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]860830[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>Commodus </b>(177-192 AD). AE As (24-25 mm, 10.34 g), Rome, 192 AD.</p><p>Obv. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, Head to right, wearing lion skin headdress.</p><p>Rev. HERCVL / ROMAN / AVGV / S C, Legend divided by club within laurel wreath.</p><p>RIC III 644; C. 193; BMC 722.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting type. Fine to very fine[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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