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Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 10:42 am And here is the Commodus sestertius which I bought together with my Nero Dupondius: Commodus Æ Sestertius. 181-182 AD. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PROV DEOR TR P VI IMP IV COS III P P S-C, Providentia standing left, holding wand over globe & staff. RIC 312 20,90g - 31mm Edited by Dutchgulden 02/01/2015 10:44 am Report this Post to the Staff

Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 12:42 pm Very nice indeed ! On another note , why did you get coins of the two worst Emperors :) Report this Post to the Staff
pishpash Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 3626 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 1:03 pm Another excellent coin Dutch. You should have your own site. Report this Post to the Staff
Dutchgulden Pillar of the Community Netherlands 1204 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 1:07 pm Thank you! Haha then I should stop collecting roman coins, werent most of the emperors bad guys ;-) @pish give me 10 more years haha:D Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 1:44 pm @DG I would say the majority were a good lot who did some bad things. Most Emperors did not intentionally try to screw up the government . If I remember correctly, Commodus and his Praetorian Prefect appointed and dismissed 25 men to be Consuls in one year to try to destabilize the government . Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 2:55 pm Excellent coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Medieval Pillar of the Community 3772 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 4:44 pm Nice coin 'Dutchgulden'. @ 'Augustus Maximus': During many years the Roman empire was a very oppressive state, the poor lived in miserable conditions and the rich were in fear of their lives. Report this Post to the Staff
Augustus Maximus Pillar of the Community Italy 1790 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 5:15 pm Med. Sounds like the history of humanity with the haves and have not's There is a big difference though Med. with an autocrat such as Domitian and a man who thinks he is the reincarnation of Hercules and clubs cripples to death in the amphitheater. In the late Empire you are spot on . High tax rates , oppression from religious fanatics (RIP Hypatia) Ect Edited by Augustus Maximus 02/01/2015 5:23 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4971 Posts	Posted 02/01/2015 11:50 pm now that's nice...big and green...just like I like 'em! Report this Post to the Staff
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