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177-192 AD - COMMODUS AR denarius - struck 179 AD
obv: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG  (laureate head right) 
rev: TR P IIII IMP III COS II PP  (Victory seated left with patera & palm)
ref: RIC III  666 [M.Aurelius] (Var.), C. 775
3.31gms,17mm
Rare

History: December 177 AD Commodus was raised to the rank of Augustus as colleague with Aurelius. Spring 179 AD victory of Tarrutenius Paternus – the Pretorian Prefect - at the Danube in the Expeditio Germanica Secunda. This coin struck in spring of 179 AD and as describe in RIC666 the bust is bare head, but here laureated – not in RIC. 
Keywords: Commodus denarius

177-192 AD - COMMODUS AR denarius - struck 179 AD

obv: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG (laureate head right)
rev: TR P IIII IMP III COS II PP (Victory seated left with patera & palm)
ref: RIC III 666 [M.Aurelius] (Var.), C. 775
3.31gms,17mm
Rare

History: December 177 AD Commodus was raised to the rank of Augustus as colleague with Aurelius. Spring 179 AD victory of Tarrutenius Paternus – the Pretorian Prefect - at the Danube in the Expeditio Germanica Secunda. This coin struck in spring of 179 AD and as describe in RIC666 the bust is bare head, but here laureated – not in RIC.

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Filename:commodus RIC666v(M.Aurelius).jpg
Album name:berserker / The Adoptive Emperors
Keywords:Commodus / denarius
Filesize:22 KiB
Date added:Jun 01, 2008
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