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Contributor:
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. |
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Issuer: |
COMMODUS, AD 180-192. AR Denarius (2.92 gm). Struck 184-189 AD. |
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Obverse: |
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, his laureate head right. |
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Reverse: |
FID EXERC P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII PP, Commodus, in military dress, standing left on platform, raising right hand and holding spear, haranguing three soldiers who stand before. |
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Reference: |
RIC 110d; BMCRE 160 note; RSC 141. Grade: aVF. |
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Comments: |
For more information, read the "Commodus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Commodus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews. |