Commemorative medals/Personality or portrait
medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
51.8 g
Diameter
39.5 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round (irregular)
Technique
Hammered
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Laureate bust of Emperor Commodus facing right, wearing scale cuirass with shoulder pteruges (protective lappets).
Obverse lettering
M
COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS FELIX AVG BRIT
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Emperor Commodus standing left, wearing plate metal muscle cuirass, subarmalis (linen doublet), layers of waist and shoulder pteruges, and paludamentum (officer`s cloak), holding spear pointing down in raised left hand and globe surmounted by a statuette of goddess Victoria facing right, offering wreath in right hand. Archaic Italo-Corinthian helmet below.
