Bronze Sestertius of Commodus, Rome, AD 178 - AD 191. 1946.35.66

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Obverse: [C]RISPINA AVGVSTA - Bust, draped, right

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Reverse: SALVS/ [S] C - Salus, seated left, feeding out of patera, snake coiled round altar

Physical Description

Axis: 11
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 21.09
- Diameter (in mm): 32

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 178 - AD 191
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Sestertius
Material: Bronze
Authority
- Authority: Commodus
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Crispina
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Salus

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: Cape Matafu, Algeria, 1943.

References

Reference: RIC III Commodus 672A
Citation: MN.2, 64
Reference: BMC 420

Administrative History

Identifier: 1946.35.66
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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