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[176 or 177] (Creation)
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1 coin : AR ; 1.85cm diam ; 3.50g
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Born April 12, 1891 to William Thomas Pyke and Annie Warner, Edgar William Pyke was a high school classics teacher who collected coins to use for teaching examples for his classes. Raised in Toronto, he attended McMaster University until his schooling was interrupted by the First World War. Edgar enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on May 20, 1916 and was sent to France. He was wounded at Vimy in April of 1917 suffering a shrapnel wound to the left arm and chest. After being invalided back to Canada he recovered at the Central Military Convalescence Hospital before returning to his studies. He graduated in 1919 and was able to secure employment as a teacher of classics. On August 4, 1925 he married Ethel Morgan of England. Edgar died in 1981 and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.
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- Obverse: Laureate cuirassed bust right Legend: IMP C???S L(ucius) AVREL(ius) COMMODVS GERM(anicus) SARM(aticus)
- Reverse: Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm Legend: TR(ibunicia) P(otestate) II CO(n)S(ul)
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Donated in 2019 by Elizabeth Kerr.
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Minted in Rome around Dec. 177 AD – Dec. 178 AD, depicting Commodus as Caesar and Trib. Pot. III during the reign of Marcus Aurelius.
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- Commodus, Emperor of Rome (Subject)
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- Created JB March 2019
- Revised WL 2025-08-21
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- Suarez, Rasiel. Eric II: The encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins.
- Harold Mattingly and Edward A Sydenham. The Roman Imperial Coinage Volume III.
- David R. Sear. Vol. II – The accession of Nerva to the overthrow of the Severan dynasty.
- Dietmar Kienast. RÖMISCHE KAISERTABELLE
- http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.628