Ancient Roman Provincial coin of the Emperor Commodus - Tyche

Name: Ancient Roman Provincial coin of the Emperor Commodus - Tyche
Brand: Cerberus Coins
SKU: 2854
Price: 130.0 AUD
Availability: InStock

Commodus - thanks to Kevin from Noble Roman Coins for the identification of this coin
Size: 13mm Weight: 1.49 grams
Obverse: ΑΝΤ(Ο)Ν(Ο)Ϲ(sic) ΚΟΜΟΔ; laureate-headed bust of Commodus wearing cuirass and paludamentum, right
Reverse: ΤΥΧ ΑΔΡ; turreted Tyche seated on rock, left, upper part of body and head, right, resting both hands on rock; before, swimming river-God

Reference: Spijkerman 8

In Republican and Imperial Rome, the paludamentum (pl. paludamenta) was a cloak or cape fastened at one shoulder, worn by military commanders (e.g., the legatus) and rather less often by their troops. As supreme commander of the whole Roman army, Roman emperors were often portrayed wearing it in their statues and on their coinage. After the reign of Augustus, the paludamentum was restricted to the Emperor. Children would also wear it sometimes, when there was bad weather and they needed protection.

The paludamentum was generally crimson, scarlet, or purple in colour, or sometimes white. It was fastened at the shoulder with a clasp, called a fibula, whose form and size varied through time. Putting on the paludamentum was a ceremonial act on setting out for war.

SKU: 2854

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