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Numismatics ID number: BIRBI-R1294 Object type: Coin Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: G. Haines Collection Collector: Haines, Geoffrey Maker: Commodus; Rome Denomination: As Place made: Rome Culture: Roman Date made: 190 Metal: Base metal Diameter (cm): 2.50 Weight (g): 11.06 Axis (degrees): 180.00 Provenance: Haines 1842. Ex L. G. P. Messenger Collection, 1935. |
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Description: Obverse: Head of Commodus, wearing laurel wreath and bearded, facing r. Reverse: Commodus, veiled and togate, ploughing facing r. with two oxen. Inscriptions: Obverse: M.COMM ΛNT P FE-LIX AVC BRIT R P (Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus, Father of the Fatherland). Reverse: ...L L AN COM P M TR P XV. IMP VIII(Valour of the Emperor, Head of the College of Priests, Tribune for the Fifteenth Time, Imperator for the Eighth Time). In Exergue: COS VI c C (Consul for the Sixth Time, S C; Translation Disputed). Bibliography: RIC III 570. Notes: There is some debate on the meaning of the first part of the reverse legend: it could either be monetal evidence for Commodus renaming Rome as Colonia Commodiana - thus, COL[onia] L[ucia] AN[toniniana] COM[modiana] (Eckhel, 1796) - or evidence for Commodus elevating Lanuvium, his birthplace, from municipium to the rank of colony - thus, COL[onia] LAN[uvina] COM[modiana] (Reiner, 1872; Clay, 1971). |
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| Commodus Roman 161 192 | |
| Haines, Geoffrey Colton British 1899 1981-09-14 | |
| Rome Roman;Byzantine;Italian | |
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