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Commodus. Sestertius. 184-185 AD. Rome. (Ric-III 452). (Bmcre-560). (C-946). Anv.: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head to right. Rev.: P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory seated to right on shields, inscribing shield set on lap; S-C across lower fields, VICT BRIT in exergue. Ae. 20,89 g. Green patina. Cassius Dio relates in his Historiae Romanae (LXXII.viii.1-6) that in the last months of Marcus Aurelius' life there was a serious incursion by the northern tribes into the province of Britannia; the wall was overrun and possibly even the governor himself was lost in battle. The wall in question is likely to have been the Hadrianic frontier, the Antonine wall having been already abandoned by this stage. Ulpius Marcellus was therefore dispatched to Britain from Rome and by AD 184 had secured a major victory against the tribes, and this handsome type has been minted in commemoration. Choice VF. Est...700,00.

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Lot 656 - Roman Imperial

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