Benefactor LONGINUS Posted December 31, 2023 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) The date of a murder is not a day I wish to celebrate regardless of how depraved and malevolent the victim may have been — but it is well worth noting. Please post your coins of Commodus or any other emperor whose behavior was less than commendable. I know we have many to choose from. Edited December 31, 2023 by LONGINUS 13 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Collector Posted December 31, 2023 · Patron Share Posted December 31, 2023 Commodus, AD 177-192. Roman AR denarius, 3.42 g, 18 mm, 12 h. Rome, AD 180. Obv: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: LIB AVG TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiae. Refs: RIC 10a; Cohen 301; BMC 4. 10 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryro Posted December 31, 2023 · Supporter Share Posted December 31, 2023 And he appeared to be such a meek and well mannered young man: Wth happened from there to here!? 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth77 Posted December 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 31, 2023 Just now, Ryro said: And he appeared to be such a meek and well mannered young man: Wth happened from there to here!? It was the damn videogames and violence on tv and rap music. 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted December 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 31, 2023 Here an AS from 192 AD. He dressed up as Hercules. He was a great archer and murdered many animals for no good reason 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amarmur Posted December 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 31, 2023 Just now, Amarmur said: Here an AS from 192 AD. He dressed up as Hercules. He was a great archer and murdered many animals for no good reason Elagabalus was also famously misbehaved 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted December 31, 2023 · Member Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) @LONGINUS - you consistently find the greatest old paintings to use in these presentations! I can only recall owning two coins of Commodus, neither of which was particularly impressive. The first was this denarius from my old 2007 novice collection. (The images, alas, were created with a flatbed scanner.) The second was this cheap sestertius: low grade, but appealing enough for a $10 coin. Edited December 31, 2023 by lordmarcovan 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor LONGINUS Posted December 31, 2023 · Benefactor Author Benefactor Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, lordmarcovan said: @LONGINUS - you consistently find the greatest old paintings to use in these presentations! Always great to see your posts, Rob! The truth is the illustrations and paintings are out of my eccentric imagination. I’m using an artificial intelligence — A.I. illustration program combined with Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe InDesign to create faux Renaissance paintings. The program works by typing in the elements you want in the artwork and the style of image you want to produce for example — Renaissance, Victorian, Expressionistic, Cubist, and etc. Your typed text is actually creating the illustration. You are literally painting a picture with words. I take the A.I. image from there into PhotoShop and manipulate the image further and then into InDesign for the poster layout. It’s all great fun and creating the artwork to display my coins is a major part of the hobby for me. I love it ❤️❤️❤️! 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavius Posted January 1 · Supporter Share Posted January 1 Poor misunderstood guy. Sestertius of protector of world and denarius of him playing Hercules... 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ominus1 Posted January 1 · Supporter Share Posted January 1 11 hours ago, LONGINUS said: not a day I wish to celebrate regardless of how depraved and malevolent the victim ...yeah but it couldn't have happened to a more deserving dude 😛 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 😄 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambr0zie Posted January 1 · Member Share Posted January 1 Happy New Year! My favorite Commodus coins: Too bad this was probably dropped and damaged in an ugly way (at least - not by me) 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marsyas Mike Posted January 1 · Member Share Posted January 1 Happy New Year to you all. My latest Commodus is from the last year of his reign. I had a difficult time attributing it, for reasons I try to describe below (if anybody has corrections or clarifications, I'd be much obliged): Commodus Denarius (192 A.D.) Rome Mint L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head right / P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P, Fides Militum standing left holding standard and cornucopiae, star in right field RIC III 234; BMCRE 318-321; Cohen RSC 583a. (2.56 grams / 17 x 16 mm) eBay Dec. 2023 Note: Three types in OCRE: RIC III 232: No star, standing right RIC III 233: No star, standing left RIC III 234: Star, standing left For some reason, many auctions with stars cite RIC 233. Also, Wildwinds cites RIC 233 only, "star in left or right field, or no star. RIC 233, RSC 583-583a, BMC 316-317" British Museum citations are confusing: RIC 234 is not cited at all, though four of them match (with star) BMCRE numbers/stars: 316: No star (RIC 232); this seems to be an error; Fides is standing left like all the others; OCRE says she should be standing right on RIC 232. 317: Star left (RIC 233) 318-321: Star right (RIC 233) "The presence of the star on some coins issued late in Commodus' reign is referred to in BMC merely as a good omen, however Herodian records that a comet appeared at that time." Agora Auctions 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmarcovan Posted January 1 · Member Share Posted January 1 (edited) 5 hours ago, LONGINUS said: Always great to see your posts, Rob! The truth is the illustrations and paintings are out of my eccentric imagination. I’m using an artificial intelligence — A.I. illustration program combined with Adobe PhotoShop and Adobe InDesign to create faux Renaissance paintings. The program works by typing in the elements you want in the artwork and the style of image you want to produce for example — Renaissance, Victorian, Expressionistic, Cubist, and etc. Your typed text is actually creating the illustration. You are literally painting a picture with words. I take the A.I. image from there into PhotoShop and manipulate the image further and then into InDesign for the poster layout. It’s all great fun and creating the artwork to display my coins is a major part of the hobby for me. I love it ❤️❤️❤️! That's all the more amazing! 😲 Edited January 1 by lordmarcovan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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