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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4613195, member: 57495"]Nice, classic later period portrait on that one, [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite Commodus coin, exemplifying his totally bonkers belief that he was Hercules reincarnated. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142550[/ATTACH]<b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE As. 10.7g, 24.5mm. Rome mint, AD 192. RIC 644; Cohen 193. O: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head of Commodus as Hercules right, wearing lion skin. R: HER-CVL/RO-MAN/AV-GV/S-C in four lines flanking club; all within laurel wreath. </p><p><i>Ex Dr. Walter Neussel Collection (acquired from Dr. Busso Peus, 1958)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Another one I like very much is this lovely green British victory sestertius, ex [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1142551[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 21.49g, 30.6mm. Rome mint, AD 185-6. British victory issue. RIC 452; BMCRE 560. O: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head right. R: P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, S-C; Victory seated right on pile of arms, holding palm and shield, VICT BRIT in exergue.</p><p><i>Ex James Pickering Collection</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 4613195, member: 57495"]Nice, classic later period portrait on that one, [USER=105389]@bcuda[/USER]. My favorite Commodus coin, exemplifying his totally bonkers belief that he was Hercules reincarnated. [ATTACH=full]1142550[/ATTACH][B]COMMODUS[/B] AE As. 10.7g, 24.5mm. Rome mint, AD 192. RIC 644; Cohen 193. O: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head of Commodus as Hercules right, wearing lion skin. R: HER-CVL/RO-MAN/AV-GV/S-C in four lines flanking club; all within laurel wreath. [I]Ex Dr. Walter Neussel Collection (acquired from Dr. Busso Peus, 1958)[/I] Another one I like very much is this lovely green British victory sestertius, ex [USER=14873]@jamesicus[/USER]. [ATTACH=full]1142551[/ATTACH] [B]COMMODUS[/B] AE Sestertius. 21.49g, 30.6mm. Rome mint, AD 185-6. British victory issue. RIC 452; BMCRE 560. O: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head right. R: P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, S-C; Victory seated right on pile of arms, holding palm and shield, VICT BRIT in exergue. [I]Ex James Pickering Collection[/I][/QUOTE]
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