Commodus, modern cast, fake Medaillon, cf. Coh. 176.
Commodus, modern cast, 1900-2000 AD., (prototype 191 AD.),
fake Æ Medaillon (41-42 mm / 28,01 g),
Obv.: M COMMODVS ANTONIN - NVS FELIX AVG BRIT , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Commodus right, seen from behind. (funny portrait with big eye)
Rev.: HERC ROM COM[MODIANO P M TR P] XVI IMP VIII / COS VI P P , Commodus, as Hercules, standing left, sacrificing out of patera in his right over altar and holding cornucopia with left arm; the Tree of Hesperides beside l., lion skin hanging from it.
for prototype cf. Coh. III p. 250 nr. 176 ; - Gnecchi 53/21 .