Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ As (24mm, 9.28 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 190.

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Roman Imperial, Bronze

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Commodus. AD 177-192. Æ As (24mm, 9.28 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 190. Laureate head right / Commodus (as founder), veiled and togate, plowing right with a yoke of two oxen. RIC III 570; MIR 18, 795-9/30. Green and brown patina. Good Fine. Rare.

Ex Phil Peck Collection.

This scene, in which the founder is plowing with oxen, refers to the Roman custom of fixing a boundary for a new city by marking it with a pomerium, or sacred furrow. This issue was struck in AD 190 to commemorate the refoundation of Lanuvium as a colony, the birthplace of Commodus.

Closing Date and Time: 11 March 2020 at 12:13:20 ET.

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