home | pay | register | sign in | services | site map | help Back to home page Listed in category: Coins > Coins: Ancient > Roman: Imperial HJD231s -- Commodus AS CAESAR, Denarius, Hilaritas, VF+ Item number: 3925149514 You are signed in Bidding has ended for this item. Another buyer purchased this item using Buy It Now. (rch2 is the winner) How did this happen? Another buyer used Buy It Now to purchase the item immediately. Learn about Buy It Now. If you are rch2, Sign in for your status. Go to larger picture Sold for: US $75.00 Ended: Aug-12-04 18:37:35 PDT Start time: Aug-10-04 11:42:24 PDT History: 1 bid (US $75.00 starting bid) Buyer: rch2 ( 77) Auction ended early with Buy It Now. Item location: New England United States Ships to: Worldwide Shipping and payment details Seller information oldromancoins ( 564) Feedback Score: 564 Positive Feedback: 100% Member since Oct-27-01 in United States Read feedback comments Ask seller a question View seller's other items PayPal Buyer Protection Free coverage up to $500. See eligibility Description Please click the banner above to go to our eBay "AboutMe" home page. presents -- an OldRomanCoins Inventory Sale! If the photos above do not load, click here for Obverse and click here for Reverse HJD231s -- Commodus AS CAESAR, Denarius, Hilaritas, VF+ Commodus, as Caesar, AR Denarius COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM, cuirassed bust of Commodus, facing right. / HILARITAS, Hilaritas, personifying rejoicing, stands, facing left, holding a palm branch and a cornucopiae. Early coins of Commodus as Caesar like this one are not easy to find. Nice VF+, scarce. RSC 216, RIC III (Marcus Aurelius) 611, BMC IV (Marcus Aurelius) 644, RCV 5544, (2.4 gm.). Struck after September, 175 A.D., following a decisive victory that month, and portrays Commodus at age 14, after he received the title of Sarmaticus. According to RIC, Commodus received the toga virilis, July 7, 175 A.D., on the occasion of a Congiarium (Liberalitas VI), and shortly afterwards he was given a military command on the frontier in consequence of renewed hostilities by the Iazyges. A decisive victory is recorded about September which was followed by the eighth Salutatio, and a little later by the assumption of the title Sarmaticus. In December Commodus was granted the Tribunicia potestas, and shortly afterwards Aurelius set out on an expedition to the East with a view to settling affairs after the rebellion. On this journey he was accompanied by Faustina and Commodus, but the Empress was seized by a fatal illness and died at Halala near Mount Taurus. Lucius Aurelius Commodus succeeded his father, Marcus Aurelius, as Rome's Emperor when he was only 19. Aurelius tried to prepare his son for rule, by having him serve as his co-Emperor, starting in 177, but his death in 180, apparently left the job unfinished. Living under Commodus, who eventually became insane, became intolerable for Rome's enemies, its soldiers, and citizens - even members of the Senate. He planned to ring in the New Year in 193 by parading as a gladiator, but his enemies had had enough, and assassinated him the night before. NOTE TO BIDDERS: This coin is from a collection of Commodus that I put together for myself, and most coins in the collection are of better quality (nice grade, centering, etc.) than what is available elsewhere these days. Many of them are interesting or scarcer types, and there are no duplicates, so this is a good opportunity for the serious collector of Roman denarii to buy something nice, at a reasonable price. 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