| Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd > Auction 135 | Auction date: 9 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 4391 Price realized: 140 AUD (Approx. 93 USD / 85 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot 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 AUD |  |
