Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ As (27mm, 10.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 190. VF.

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Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ As (27mm, 10.54 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 190. Laureate head right / Commodus, as city founder, togate, plowing right with a yoke of oxen. RIC III 570; MIR 18, 795-9/30. Dark green-brown patina, smoothing. VF. Rare.

Ex Z. P. Collection (Roma E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020), lot 1123.

This scene, in which the founder is plowing with oxen, refers to the Roman custom of fixing a boundary for a new city by marking it with a pomerium, or sacred furrow. This issue was struck in AD 190 to commemorate the refoundation of Lanuvium as a colony, the birthplace of Commodus.

Closing Date and Time: 21 February 2024 at 13:08:00 ET.

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