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Offline Paul J

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Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« on: April 16, 2016, 05:45:58 am »
Hi there,

I have a Commodus dupondius which has a legend on the obverse that doesn't match with the one listed in RIC III (335).

It is meant to read M ANTONINVS COMMODVS AVG

Instead, mine has the COMMODVS before the ANTONINVS.

I've checked with ERIC II aswell and there is no such dupondius listed with my legend.

I'm totally confused!

I've attached photos to help.

Thanks  :)

Paul

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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2016, 06:13:24 am »
BMCRE has FEL AVG TR P VII IMP III COS III P P - S-C of this type with a matching obverse on page 778 annotated with a * meaning that they don't have one, this in turn cites Cohen 111. Checking Cohen, this does seem to match and cites the Paris collection.

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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2016, 06:36:26 am »
That's excellent, many thanks for your help!

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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2016, 06:41:20 am »
Does you reverse legend read FEL or FELI? I don't think I have seen FELI before.
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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2016, 11:49:24 am »
IMO:

 FEL dot AVG dot ... the legend ...

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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2016, 11:49:58 am »
I think the I of FELI should be a dot like the dot after AVG.

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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2016, 12:03:46 pm »
Yes I think it is meant to be a dot. Thanks
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Re: Help with obverse legend on Commodus Dupondius
« Reply #7 on: April 16, 2016, 12:08:26 pm »
Quote from: Paul J on April 16, 2016, 12:03:46 pm
Yes I think it is meant to be a dot. Thanks

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