ls119 - Sesterces des Antonins - V (96-192) Commode César (166-176), Commode Auguste (176-192) LACOURT Jean

The present work, the fith of a series of 5 volumes devoted to Commodus (Caesar 166-176, Augustus 176-192)..
Intended for both amateurs and professionals, it is designed as a practical tool to facilitate the recognition of these coins. Indeed, it is not a classical catalog or a historical and chronological study, but a key allowing the very fast and sure identification of these sestertius. Contrary to the method usually used in numismatics, this key, of new conception, starts with the precise study of the obverse, and ends with its coding. To this obverse code will then be grafted and merged one or more reverse codes.
For each type of sestertius, the reference works are cited, followed by an inventory of their presence in most of the world sales of the last 12 years, allowing the reader to better appreciate their degree of rarity The key is illustrated with 380 photographs of the obverse and reverse.