Lot 4391
Sale 135 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Coin 1
Coin 2
Description
Commodus, (177-192 A.D.), electrotype in two halves of an important medallion, obv. IMP COMMODVS AVG PIVS FELIX, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. VOTIS FELICIBVS, Commodus, veiled, sacrificing at tripod with a priest, at the entrance of a harbour with five vessels approaching a pharos, beneath the sea shore a slain bull, (Type of Gnecchi p.71, 175 and PL. 89,7, Gruber BM p.30, 44 and Pl.XXXV,3, BMC p.Clxxxiii). Very fine.
The original was probably struck to commemorate the annual festival of Isis (The navigium Isidis). It suggest a link to Alexandria by the presence of the pharos of Alexandria. The original medallion was probably struck about 189 A.D.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $140