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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Justin Lee, post: 3589553, member: 87404&quot;]That is a very nice, new sestertius! And agree, that the write up was superb as a companion to your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a similar sestertius, but if I combine this similar-ish obverse denarius...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]959084[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Commodus, Ruled 177-192 AD</b></p><p><b>AR Denarius, Struck 190 AD, Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, Head of Commodus, laureate, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: APOL MONET P M TR P XV COS VI, Apollo, standing front, head right, holding plectrum in right hand and lyre resting on column in left hand, COS-VI across fields.</p><p><b>References</b>: RIC III 205</p><p><br /></p><p>...with this younger, worn, nicely tawny sestertius...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]959086[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Commodus, Ruled 177-192 AD</b></p><p><b>AE Sestertius, Struck 179-180 AD, Rome Mint</b></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG TR P V, Bust of Commodus, laureate, cuirassed, right.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: IOVI VICTORI IMP III COS II P P, Jupiter, half draped, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand, S-C across field. </p><p><b>References</b>: RIC III 291f, Cohen 264, BMC 1720</p><p><b>Size</b>: 31mm, 27g</p><p><br /></p><p>... I get close. Lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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