Commodus, Rome mint, 191 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (25-28 mm / 22,76 g),
Obv.: [L] AEL AVREL CO - MM AVG [P F]EL , laureate head of Commodus right.
Rev.: S[ERAPIDI CON] - SERV AVG COS [VI P P] / S - C , Serapis, radiate, wearing kalathos, standing front, head left, holding branch and scepter.
RIC 601 (Scarce) ; Coh. 705 .
Curtis Clay 19/01/2010 about another specimen of this type:
"I would say that this Serapis type is scarce on denarii (18 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard), rare on sestertii.
The British Museum has a sestertius, purchased from Feuardent in 1869, whose reverse only is illustrated in BMC, pl. 110.3; it comes from the same rev. die as yours.
Cohen 705 quotes a specimen in Paris, and values it at 10 francs, a bit low I would say, given the rarity and interest of the type.
No specimens in our photofile compiled from catalogues of c. 1970-1990, none in CoinArchives or Wildwinds.
I have been on the lookout for this sestertius for decades, and had a specimen in my first collection that I dispersed c. 1990. Arminius found one, which he shows above. So it is a sestertius that one can acquire with patience, but there are not many of them around!"
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![191 AD., Commodus, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 601.
Commodus, Rome mint, 191 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (25-28 mm / 22,76 g),
Obv.: [L] AEL AVREL CO - MM AVG [P F]EL , laureate head of Commodus right.
Rev.: S[ERAPIDI CON] - SERV AVG COS [VI P P] / S - C , Serapis, radiate, wearing kalathos, standing front, head left, holding branch and scepter.
RIC 601 (Scarce) ; Coh. 705 .
Curtis Clay 19/01/2010 about another specimen of this type:
"I would say that this Serapis type is scarce on denarii (18 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard), rare on sestertii.
The British Museum has a sestertius, purchased from Feuardent in 1869, whose reverse only is illustrated in BMC, pl. 110.3; it comes from the same rev. die as yours.
Cohen 705 quotes a specimen in Paris, and values it at 10 francs, a bit low I would say, given the rarity and interest of the type.
No specimens in our photofile compiled from catalogues of c. 1970-1990, none in CoinArchives or Wildwinds.
I have been on the lookout for this sestertius for decades, and had a specimen in my first collection that I dispersed c. 1990. Arminius found one, which he shows above. So it is a sestertius that one can acquire with patience, but there are not many of them around!"
Schlüsselwörter: Commodus Rome Sestertius Serapis Kalathos Branch Scepter](images/image.gif?id=1406698511676 "Klicken für Bild in voller Größe
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191 AD., Commodus, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 601.
Commodus, Rome mint, 191 AD.,
Æ Sestertius (25-28 mm / 22,76 g),
Obv.: [L] AEL AVREL CO - MM AVG [P F]EL , laureate head of Commodus right.
Rev.: S[ERAPIDI CON] - SERV AVG COS [VI P P] / S - C , Serapis, radiate, wearing kalathos, standing front, head left, holding branch and scepter.
RIC 601 (Scarce) ; Coh. 705 .
Curtis Clay 19/01/2010 about another specimen of this type:
\"I would say that this Serapis type is scarce on denarii (18 specimens in Reka Devnia hoard), rare on sestertii.
The British Museum has a sestertius, purchased from Feuardent in 1869, whose reverse only is illustrated in BMC, pl. 110.3; it comes from the same rev. die as yours.
Cohen 705 quotes a specimen in Paris, and values it at 10 francs, a bit low I would say, given the rarity and interest of the type.
No specimens in our photofile compiled from catalogues of c. 1970-1990, none in CoinArchives or Wildwinds.
I have been on the lookout for this sestertius for decades, and had a specimen in my first collection that I dispersed c. 1990. Arminius found one, which he shows above. So it is a sestertius that one can acquire with patience, but there are not many of them around!\"
Schlüsselwörter: Commodus Rome Sestertius Serapis Kalathos Branch Scepter")