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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8083734, member: 85693"]That is a very handsome Commodus sestertius, [USER=116907]@Mammothtooth[/USER] - I am very fond of the coins of Commodus and really like the looks of yours (good price too). </p><p><br /></p><p>Have you attributed it yet? I have a similar one, but as is often the case with my Commodus sestertii, enough of the legend is missing that I had to do a lot of detective work to get an attribution. Lately I've been adding notes to my flips so that a year from now when I ask myself "where in the world did I come up with that ID?" I can at least see my guessing process: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1404175[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Commodus Æ Sestertius </b></p><p><b>(188-189 A.D.) </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>[M COM]MODVS ANT P [FELIX] AVG BR[IT], laureate head right / IOVI IV[VENI P M]TR P XIIII IM[P VIII COS V], S C, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt & sceptre, eagle left.</p><p>RIC III 525.</p><p>(19.17 grams / 29 x 26 mm)</p><p>eBay Aug. 2021 </p><p><b>Attribution Note:</b></p><p>There are three IOVI IVVENI types from this era:</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>RIC 499:</b> COMMODVS TR P XII</p><p><b>RIC 525:</b> COMMODVS TR P XIIII COS V</p><p><b>RIC 542:</b> COMMOD TR P XIIII COS V DES VI</p><p><br /></p><p>Full COMMODVS obverse, XIIII visible, so RIC III 525.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 8083734, member: 85693"]That is a very handsome Commodus sestertius, [USER=116907]@Mammothtooth[/USER] - I am very fond of the coins of Commodus and really like the looks of yours (good price too). Have you attributed it yet? I have a similar one, but as is often the case with my Commodus sestertii, enough of the legend is missing that I had to do a lot of detective work to get an attribution. Lately I've been adding notes to my flips so that a year from now when I ask myself "where in the world did I come up with that ID?" I can at least see my guessing process: [ATTACH=full]1404175[/ATTACH] [B]Commodus Æ Sestertius (188-189 A.D.) Rome Mint[/B] [M COM]MODVS ANT P [FELIX] AVG BR[IT], laureate head right / IOVI IV[VENI P M]TR P XIIII IM[P VIII COS V], S C, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt & sceptre, eagle left. RIC III 525. (19.17 grams / 29 x 26 mm) eBay Aug. 2021 [B]Attribution Note:[/B] There are three IOVI IVVENI types from this era: [B] RIC 499:[/B] COMMODVS TR P XII [B]RIC 525:[/B] COMMODVS TR P XIIII COS V [B]RIC 542:[/B] COMMOD TR P XIIII COS V DES VI Full COMMODVS obverse, XIIII visible, so RIC III 525.[/QUOTE]
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