BRASS SESTERTIUS OF COMMODUS: PIETAS. ROME, AD 187. RIC: 494.
BRASS SESTERTIUS OF COMMODUS: PIETAS. ROME, AD 187. RIC: 494.
£165.00
Obverse: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate bust of Commodus facing right.
Reverse: AVCTOR PIETAT P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from patera in right hand on lighted altar left and holding incense box in left hand.
Sear: 5735. RIC: 494. BMCRE: 590. [Rome, AD 187].
Diameter: 30 mm. Weight: 23.3 g
A stunning brass sestertius of Commodus with an excellent portrait of the emperor - struck when he was 26 years old. Every detail of this coin is clear and sharp. The legends are clear and it has an attractive toffee brown patina, a wonderful example!
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