2008.115.265: Sestertius of Commodus and Marcus Aurelius
Coins
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2008.115.265
- People
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Marcus Aurelius, Roman (r. 161 - 180 CE)
Commodus, Roman (r. 177-192)
- Title
- Sestertius of Commodus and Marcus Aurelius
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 177-178 CE
- Period
- Roman Imperial period, Middle
- Culture
- Roman
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/186249
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 20.09 g
- Die Axis
- 11
- Denomination
- sestertius
- Date on Object
- TR P III
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Obverse Inscription: L AVREL COMM-0DVS AVG TR P III
- Reverse Inscription: LIBERTAS AVG IMP II COS P P
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- RIC III, 1589, p. 341; BMC IV p.674, 1684
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
- Accession Year
- 2008
- Object Number
- 2008.115.265
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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Obverse: L AUREL COMM-ODUS AUG TR P III, laureate bust of Commodus r.
Reverse: LIBERTAS AUG-IMP II COS PP/ S C, Libertas, holding pileus and scepter, standing l.
Verification Level
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