Beschreibung
Material: Bronze
Gewicht: 22,05 g
Commodus; 177-192 AD, Rome, 192 AD, Sestertius, 22.05g. BM-718 pl. 111.4 (rev. only, same die as ours), C-644 = 1st ed. 719 (50 Fr.), RIC-641 (Rare). Obv: [L AEL A]VREL COMM AV[G P FEL] Head laureate r. Rx: [PROVIDENTI]AE AVG around, S C in exergue, Commodus as Hercules standing l., foot on prow, resting club on rock behind him and receiving wheat ears from Africa, who stands r., holding sistrum and wearing elephant-skin head-dress; at her feet, lion. The type refers to Commodus foresight (Providentia Augusti) in instituting a special fleet to bring grain from Africa to Rome. The figure of Hercules on the reverse has the hairdo and features of Commodus himself.. Fine
