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Description: | Commodus, medallion of, 180-92 AD. Two casts obverse and reverse. Depiciton on obverse: portrait of the emperor, Commodus. Depiction on reverse: galley, possibly an escort ship of the Alexandrine grain fleet. Medallion may commemorate assiduity of the emperor in maintaining food supplies during famine of 189 AD.
Inscription. On a emulsioned plywood backboard with a label. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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