Gold Aureus of Commodus, Rome, AD 180 1944.100.49144

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Obverse: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS - Head of Divus Marcus, bare, right

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Reverse: CONSECRATIO - Funeral pyre in four tiers, garlanded and adorned with statues: on top, Sol in quadriga.

Physical Description

Axis: 6
Measurements
- Weight: 7.23
- Diameter: 21

Typological Description

Date: AD 180
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Aureus
Material: Gold
Authority
- Authority: Commodus
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Marcus Aurelius Divus

References

Reference
- Reference: RIC III Commodus 275 (aureus)
Reference: BMC 25

Administrative History

Identifier: 1944.100.49144
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society
Provenance
- Bequest of E.T. Newell

Subjects

Series: RIC.1.3

Rights

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

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