The Refoundation of Lanuvium

288, Lot: 442. Estimate $150. Sold for $95. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ As (26mm, 9.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 190. Laureate head right / Commodus as founder, veiled and togate, plowing right with two oxen. RIC III 570. Good Fine, green patina, minor porosity. Rare.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group E-170, lot 257.

Struck in 190 AD to commemorate the refoundation of Lanuvium as a colony, the birthplace of Commodus.