Coin of Commodus, Emperor of Rome from Elaea Artist: Unknown
Mint: Elaea (Aeolis)
Ruler: Commodus, Emperor of Rome, A.D. 161–192, ruled 180–92

180–92

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

31.71 g, 6:00, 38.6 mm

Credit Line

Ruth Elizabeth White Fund with the assistance of Ben Lee Damsky

Accession Number

2009.110.69

Geography

Made in Elaea, Aeolis

Culture

Roman

Period

2nd century A.D.

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: AVTO KAI AVP - KOMMO OC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from the rear

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: E I CTPA TI YPAMOY / E AIT N in exergue; TO - B in lower field flanking the vase Hades drives a quadriga of leaping horses to the right. He holds a small Persephone with his right arm. She leans rigidly to the left and has a nimbus or billowing drapery above her head. A drapery billows above the head of Hades who looks left, and a vase of flowers is upright on the ground beneath the horses.
Provenance
Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 117, October 14, 2002, cat. 117, lot 392; Ben Lee Damsky, 2002–9; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012),
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, money

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