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It's been too quiet on this discussion board today, so I thought I'd post one of my Commodus coins. I purchased this Denarius mainly for the detail of the portrait. But even though the reverse is missing the vast majority of the legend, I still like the overall appearance. I have it attributed at RIC 86 struck at Rome in 183/4 AD:  OBV: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head right REV: TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, Commodus as Pax standing left, togate, holding branch & cornucopia, hexagonal shield at foot 3.42g, 17mm |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Nice piece to take it's place in a portrait set.
How far down the road are you in building a portrait set?
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Not very far. I have four different portraits of Commodus, from very young to handsome to old and haggard. The coins cover a range 14 years, from AD 177 to 191. This may be the best portrait, but my favorite is an AE As struck in AD 181.
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He looks a little like his father on this coin, very nice.
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Pillar of the Community
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He sure doesn't look like Joaquin Phoenix
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Pillar of the Community
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I have to take exception labeling the reverse figure as Commodus. He did have some reverses where he identified with a god but I don't see this as more than the standard personification. Commodus is one of those emperors impossible to represent properly with a single coin. That is why I did the page with my favorites. I could not pick just one. http://www.forumancientcoins.com/do...th/comm.html |
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jw, I missed this post, very nice looking coin, got good detail, this is one on my list, they seem to be a little more expensive then the others around this time frame...  |
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 => once again, dougsmit swoops-in and astounds me with his coinmanship (Bravo!!)  |
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Oh, sorry => that's a beautiful coin, Bing!!  |
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they seem to be a little more expensive then the others around this time frame Well, if you know me, I'm fairly well pegged on this forum as, shall we say, frugal, so I did not pay that much for this coin. As I said earlier, I have four Commodus Denarii and one AE As, most of which cost me under $20. This one was only slightly more. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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dougsmit: I read your notes and illustrations on Commodus. Very informative, new information for me!  I would suggest everybody on this thread read your notes on Commodus. |
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Posted 07/01/2012 10:35 pm
