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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2439348, member: 19463&quot;]Neither have I seen the Juno for Commodus.&nbsp; I like the wide range of portrait styles available for Commodus but most&nbsp; seem to have less interesting reverses.&nbsp; Like most maniacal rulers, Commodus was better looking as a child so coins as Caesar are nice to have.&nbsp; Mine is Spes.&nbsp; Rome&#039;s hope for a worthy successor to Marcus Aurelius did not work out so well.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]508030[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Early portraits as Augustus can be attractive, too, but I see this one as a bit like Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver.&nbsp; The reverse is Liberalitas.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]508031[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This curly bearded mid-age portrait with Felicitas reverse has always struck me as well done.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]508032[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose if you can only have one Commodus it should be one where he is dressed like Hercules.&nbsp; His face looks tired.&nbsp; Being a god is hard work.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]508033[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My most rare Commodus is one from the Alexandria mint.&nbsp; The theory is that these were made to support Commodus&#039; planned visit to Alexandria.&nbsp; The same obverse was used with a CONSECRATIO reverse when Commodus died.&nbsp; When I got mine in 1997 they were considered very rare but now there are at least a dozen of them known.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is interesting that two P&#039;s on the reverse were cut R in error but the PP is normal.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]508034[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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