From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Sestertius of Commodus and Marcus Aurelius

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.265
People: 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

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

20.09 g

Die Axis

Denomination

sestertius

Date on Object

TR P III

Inscriptions and Marks

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
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Descriptions

Description: 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.

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