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Port of Ostia on Commodus medallion (var.1)
Commodus bronze medallion circa 189-190 AD, 60.04 g., 41mm
Atelier : Rome
Verso :
M COMMODVS ANTONINV-S PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT
traduction : Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britanicaus"
Description : laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left
Revers :
VOTIS FELICIBVS
traduction :
Description : Commodus standing left, sacrificing over tripod placed at entrance of a harbor;to left, five vessels advancing right; pharos to right; slain bull below.
Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 94, 22 November 1999), lot 674. Very rare.
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