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<p>[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2641089, member: 44183"]<span style="color: #0000ff">Congrats on your new Commodus OP-addition, ro</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, this is my only Commodus Sestertius example (and yes, my example is quite a bit heavier than your OP-example)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">Commodus. Æ Sestertius</span></b></p><p>177-192 AD</p><p>Rome mint. Struck AD 181</p><p>Diameter: 31 mm</p><p>Weight: 25.21 grams</p><p>Obverse: Laureate head right</p><p>Reverse: Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs; attendant standing behind him; before him, Liberalitas stands to left, holding tessera and cornucopia; citizen on left mounting steps toward platform</p><p>Reference: RIC III 310; MIR 18, 511-6/30; Banti 188</p><p>Other: 6h … green patina, light earthen deposits</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]582667[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">... but the weight seems to vary tremendously on these Commodus Sestertii (below is a CNG-link which shows how the weights vary)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><a href="https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=Commodus.+%C3%86+Sestertius&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=Commodus.+%C3%86+Sestertius&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1" rel="nofollow">https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=Commodus. Æ Sestertius&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1</a></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2641089, member: 44183"][COLOR=#0000ff]Congrats on your new Commodus OP-addition, ro Ummm, this is my only Commodus Sestertius example (and yes, my example is quite a bit heavier than your OP-example)[/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Commodus. Æ Sestertius[/COLOR][/B] 177-192 AD Rome mint. Struck AD 181 Diameter: 31 mm Weight: 25.21 grams Obverse: Laureate head right Reverse: Commodus seated left on curule chair set on daïs; attendant standing behind him; before him, Liberalitas stands to left, holding tessera and cornucopia; citizen on left mounting steps toward platform Reference: RIC III 310; MIR 18, 511-6/30; Banti 188 Other: 6h … green patina, light earthen deposits [ATTACH=full]582667[/ATTACH] [COLOR=#0000ff]... but the weight seems to vary tremendously on these Commodus Sestertii (below is a CNG-link which shows how the weights vary) [URL='https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=Commodus.+%C3%86+Sestertius&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1']https://cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=2&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=Commodus. Æ Sestertius&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1[/URL][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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