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Contributor: Matthew Geary.
Issuer: COMMODUS, AD 180-192. AR Denarius. Minted in 190/1 AD.
Obverse: M. COMM. ANT. P. FEL. AVG. BRIT. P.P., his laureate head facing right.
Reverse: FIDEI.COH.P.M.TR.P.XVI.COS.VI., Fides standing left, holding two grain ears and a standard.
Reference: RIC 220; RSC-127. Grade: VF.
Comments: Comment from Matthew Geary: This type was issued on the fall of Cleander, with continued thanks for the support of the Praetorian troops.
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.