Gemini III, January 9th, 2007, Lot # 417 - 
Estimate: US$15000

Commodus. (177-192 AD). Copper medallion, 38 mm (59.86 gm). 
Rome, 1 January 189 AD. 
M COMMODVS ANTONINVS - PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate 
and cuirassed half-length bust right, seen from front, 
on breast of cuirass aegis in form of two wings of 
goatskin centered on Medusa head, right shoulder of 
cuirass ornamented with figure of a helmeted divinity 
standing right and holding vertical scepter, clasp and 
long fold of cloak on left shoulder / 
PACI AETER P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII around, COS V P P in 
exergue, Pax seated left on high-backed throne, left 
forearm on arm rest, holding branch and transverse scepter. 

Gnecchi 56, pl. 82. 3 (same dies). Bust variety of Cohen 393 (250 
Fr.). Obverse struck in high relief. Glossy dark patina. Good very 
fine. 

The same obverse die also was paired with another 
type of the same issue: Mars standing left between 
shields and a cuirass, Gnecchi 45, pl. 81.4. The 
divinity decorating the shoulder strap of the cuirass 
seems not to have been noticed before. 

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Lot 417 was unsold.
Re-used by permission of Harlan J Berk 
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