Help For Attribution Commodus Denarius

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pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 02/07/2024 08:03 am Dear friends, Please help me to attribute the Commodus Denarius Rome mint. I can not find in RIC the Commodus denarius with obverse legend: COMM ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head right. PM TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P, Annona standing left, holding a statuette (of Spes?) and cornucopiae, modius with four corn ears to left, ship's prow to right. ANN in ex. The nearest coin is RICIII 95 Thanks in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

livingwater Pillar of the Community United States 2215 Posts	Posted 02/08/2024 6:27 pm You could check acsearch.info and Wildwinds.com. There are similar examples but I did not look for exact match. Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/08/2024 6:50 pm RIC 106 reverse; possibly a mule with a different obverse. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse 02/08/2024 6:53 pm Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 02/09/2024 04:28 am @livingwater,paralyse.Many thaks for your replies. It's really may be a mule or barbarian immitation,or may be non-official issue... The obverse legend (M)COMM ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT is quite rare on Commodus denarius. There's no similar denarius at acsearch or Wildwinds.com. Unfortunately I can only check in RIC catalogue. May be somebody could check the denarius in other catalogues of Roman coins. I would be very grateful. Edited by pastpost 02/09/2024 04:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/09/2024 2:07 pm Reverse types known for pairing with that legend: Mars Roma Genius Victory Emperor Modius w/corn ears I don't see it being imitative (limes or fourree or otherwise), the style is too accurate Obverse die is very nearly a match for RIC 93a This might be a pairing of the 93a obverse / 95 reverse (or 105 reverse) Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 02/10/2024 06:31 am @paralyse-Thanks for reply. I think the same way .It might be the denarius pairing of the two different issues. Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 02/10/2024 08:47 am I found denarius with the same legend but not the same die. https://www.ma-shops.com/hoehn/item.php?id=16995 So, it means that this type of Commodus denarius were struck but not included in roman coins catalogues? Report this Post to the Staff
paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 02/10/2024 09:44 am Could be an example of "Not in RIC" - but we can deduce that your coin probably was struck around the same time period as the similar coins in RIC, so it would be presumably listed around there. There are dozens of types of Commodus denarii and it's fairly likely that some are out there that haven't been catalogued yet. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Report this Post to the Staff
pastpost Valued Member France 383 Posts	Posted 02/10/2024 10:11 am I agree with your arguments.Thank you for the discussion. Report this Post to the Staff
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