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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikjo0, post: 118957, member: 3565&quot;]It&#039;s almost certainly a sestertius of Commodus,made more famous as the bad guy in the movie &quot;Gladiator&quot;</p><p>He ruled from&nbsp; 180-192 AD.There are a couple of ways that the coin can be identified.First,you can see the letters MODVS ANTON (Commodus Antonius) and second is the extremely curly hair.Not worth a huge amount of money in that condition but a nice find with a lot of history behind it.</p><p>As for the brooch,looks like it might be a toga pin but I&#039;m no expert on the subject..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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