Sestertius with bust of Commodus
A.D. 180
MintRome
Medium/TechniqueBronze (with traces of silvering?)
DimensionsDiameter: 33 mm. Weight: 23.06 gm. Die Axis: 11
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III in the Name of Cornelius Adrian Comstock Vermeule
Accession number1986.896
On View
Not on viewClassificationsNumismatics
Collections
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Henry Platt Hall Collection; by 1950: with Glendining & Co., Ltd., 7 Blenheim Street, New Bond Street, London W. 1 (auction of the H. P. Hall Collection, part 2, November 16-17, 20-21, 1950, lot 1624, partial [said to be from General Moore Collection]); purchased at unknown date in the 1950s by Cornelius C. Vermeule III; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, December 17, 1986
A.D. 249–251
Mid–late 4th century A.D.
about A.D. 253–260
about A.D. 326–327
A.D. 244–249
about A.D. 260–268
A.D. 231–235
about 300–280 B.C.