RS67701. Silver denarius, RSC II 607, SRCV II 5540, RIC III MA601 var. (bust draped), BMCRE IV MA640 var. (same), Hunter II 3 var. (same), VF, unusual portrait, Rome mint, weight 3.169g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 180
o, as caesar, 175 A.D.; obverse COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM, bare headed bust right, seen from behind, with cuirass and only slight drapery; reverse PRINC IVVENT (Prince of Youth), Commodus standing slightly left, head left, wearing short tunic and chlamys, branch downward in right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, trophy of captured arms with shield at base standing behind;
rare with this bust;
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