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Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D.
| The Roman curule chair was for senior magistrates including dictators, masters of the horse, consuls, praetors, censors, and the curule aediles. As a form of a throne, it might be given as an honor to foreign kings recognized formally as a friend (amicus) by the Roman people or senate. Designed for use by commanders in the field, the curule chair could be folded for easy transport. In Gaul, the Merovingian successors to Roman power employed the curule seat as an emblem of their right to dispense justice. Their Capetian successors also retained the iconic seat. The "Throne of Dagobert," of cast bronze retaining traces of gilding, is conserved in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. First mentioned in the 12th century, it was already a treasured relic on which the Frankish kings sat to receive the homage of their nobles after they had assumed power. The "Throne of Dagobert" was used for the coronation of Napoleon. |  |
RB91588. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III 463, BMCRE IV 573, Cohen III 506, MIR 18 699, SRCV 5782, Hunter II 26 var. (...FEL AVG...), aF, glossy sea-green patina with old edge flaking, bumps, pit on obverse, light earthen deposits, Rome mint, weight 23.724g, maximum diameter 30.5mm, die axis 0o, 186 A.D., first issue; obverse M COMMODVS ANT P F-ELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head right; reverse P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P, Commodus seated left on curule chair, togate, feet on footstool, globe in extended right hand, roll in left, crowned by Victory above flying left, S - C flanking below center; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; scarce; SOLD
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