One Of The Other Coins That Arrived

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FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3445 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 11:04 am Sometimes I get too caught up with one of my 'children' and neglect the others. Five arrived and 2 of them are having a bath right now. I am deciding whether to leave this little 'stinker' unwashed. Commodus as Caesar Obv. Bare headed draped bust of Commodus right L AVREL COMMODVS CAES AVG FIL GERM Rv. The little 'cretin' standing next to a trophy PRINC IVVENT S C Sear 5554 Edited by FVRIVS RVFVS 03/27/2013 11:07 am Report this Post to the Staff

Gil-galad Pillar of the Community United States 2044 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 11:15 am Very nice low grade coin. I don't have this emperor yet. Caesar coins might be a bit more scarce than the Augustus coins, I think. Report this Post to the Staff
Ben Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 4208 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 11:42 am Cool design - I wonder what the trophy represents? Did Commodus do any invasions? Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36901 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 11:45 am Great coin and an emperor that is still on my want list. Nice pick up! Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 1:03 pm Nice pickup. I only have one coin of Commodus. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 1:25 pm Commodus as a teen. Very nice coin. Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3445 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 1:26 pm This sestertius is 'dated' to AD175-76. As Commodus was born in 161 we can assume we are looking at a fourteen year old. David Sear actually list 4 seperate periods to Commodus - AD166-76 as Caesar (his twin brother Antoninus died around this time)176-77 as Imperator Caesar, 177-180 Joint Rule with Marcus and 180-192 as sole Emperor. Its not a very high grade coin but I think it has eye appeal. Enough appeal that while not a VF I would give it a better than F grade. Using the Byzantines as an example (I own but a few) I will take an appealing looking worn bronze over a higher graded version if I think the 'nice detail' doesn't give the piece any extra eye appeal. Its alot like art ..... somethings work for some people ..... and others just don't. The reason I have so few Byzantines is it can be difficult for me to find one that I find 'handsome' ! Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4973 Posts	Posted 03/27/2013 9:30 pm i would say ruggedly handsom...nice one! Report this Post to the Staff
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