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Sestertius with bust of Commodus
Sestertius with bust of Commodus

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 view
ClassificationsNumismatics
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