Commodus. AD 177-192. Bimetallic Medallion (42mm, 71.36 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. Near VF.

Keystone 17 – The W. Toliver Besson Collection
Lot: 252. Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Commodus. AD 177-192. Bimetallic Medallion (42mm, 71.36 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 192. Head of Commodus as Hercules left, wearing lion skin headdress / Hercules laureate with features of Commodus, nude to right, right hand on hip and bow in left. With his armpit he leans on the club, around which the skin of a lion can be seen, and which rests on a pile of rocks. Gnecchi II p.55, 33 and pl. 80, 5/p. 54, 29 and pl. 80, 2 (for obv./rev. types); MIR 18, 1163-2/73; Banti 109; Vermeule, Roman, 45. Green and brown patina, corrosion on obverse, smoothing in the fields on reverse. Near VF. Very rare.

From the W. Toliver Besson Collection. Ex Leu Numismatik AG Web Auction 20 (16 July 2022), lot 2522.


Closing Date and Time: 22 July 2026 at 11:23:40 ET.



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