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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Commodus| > RB99432
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D.
|Commodus|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.|, Victory or Nike is seen with wings in most statues and paintings, with one of the most famous being the Winged Victory of Samothrace. Most other winged deities in the Greek pantheon had shed their wings by Classical times. Nike is the goddess of strength, speed, and victory. Nike was a very close acquaintance of Athena and is thought to have stood in Athena's outstretched hand in the statue of Athena located in the Parthenon. Victory or Nike is also one of the most commonly portrayed figures on Greek and Roman coins.
RB99432. Bronze as, RIC III MA1517 (S), MIR 18 304-17/14, BMCRE IV MA1519, Hunter II 20, Cohen III 294, SRCV II -, aF, brown patina, pitting, Rome mint, weight 10.650g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 172 - 173 A.D.; obverse L AVREL COMMODVS CAES AVG FIL GERM, bare-headed draped bust right; reverse LIBERALITAS AVG, Commodus seated to left on curule chair set on platform, attended by soldier behind, Liberalitas standing to left before, holding abacus and cornucopias, citizen mounting steps to accept coins, S - C (senatus consulto) in exergue; scarce; SOLD











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