Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (39mm, 48.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 184-185. VF.

CNG Feature Auction 121
Lot: 870. Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Imperial, Bronze, Coin-in-Hand Video

Sold For $ 6 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ Medallion (39mm, 48.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 184-185. M COMMODVS ANTO NINVS AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, SALVS in exergue, Salus seated left on a marble seat with a back, on which her elbow rests, adorned with a crouching sphinx carved on its side, Spes above, with her right hand Salus feeds from a patera a serpent rising up from a curious rectangular slab-like object at her feet; on the left is a tall cippus surmounted by a small figure, wearing a short chiton and holding a spear or long scepter; to the left of the cippus is a tall, branching tree. Gnecchi –; Toynbee pl. XXVI, 2 var. (bust type); MIR 18, –; Banti 373 var. (same). Dark brown patina, smoothing, hairline flan crack. VF. Impressive.

According to Jocelyn M. C. Toynbee in her book Roman Medallions: “This design is closely paralleled by a marble relief found on the site of a villa of Herodes Atticus at Loukon in Thera and now in the National Museum at Athens” (p. 222).

The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 121 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 6-8 October 2022. This lot is in Session Three, which will begin 7 October 2022 at 9 AM ET.

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