Obverse: Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed. M.COMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG Reverse: Commodus, togate, seated left on platform, right hand extended. At right soldier standing holding wand. At left Liberalitas standing with abacus and cornucopia. Togate citizen at left mounts steps to...
Provenance
By 1969: with Bank Leu AG, Bahnhofstrasse 32, CH-8022 Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG, Haldenstrasse 5, CH-6000, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction 41, April 24-25, lot 258); purchased on behalf of MFA at auction 41 by Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; September 23, 1969: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Roman, Imperial Period, A.D. 181–182
Mint
Rome
Dimensions
Diameter: 21 mm. Weight: 7.31 gm. Die Axis: 6
Accession Number
69.1056
Medium or Technique
Gold