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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Commodus| > RS85210
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D.
|Commodus|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |December| |192| |A.D.|, Fortuna Redux, one of the many aspects of Fortuna, was in charge of bringing people home safely, primarily from wars - redux means "coming back" or "returning." She may be one of the later aspects of Fortuna, as the earliest mention of her is on an altar dedicated by the Senate in 19 B.C. for the safe return of Emperor Augustus.
RS85210. Silver denarius, RIC III 131, RSC II 150, BMCRE IV 202, SRCV II 5641, Hunter II -, VF, excellent portrait, well centered on a tight flan, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.096g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 180o, 186 A.D.; obverse M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right; reverse P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P (high priest, tribune for 11 years, imperator 7 times, consul 5 times, father of the country), Fortuna seated left, holding by tiller in right hand a rudder resting on globe, scepter in left hand, wheel under seat, FOR RED (Fortuna who returns travelers) in exergue; SOLD










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