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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Commodus| > RB91579
Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 Dec 192 A.D.
|Commodus|, |Commodus,| |March| |or| |April| |177| |-| |31| |Dec| |192| |A.D.|, Year 184 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eggius and Aelianus or, less frequently, year 937 Ab urbe condita (from the founding of the city [Rome]).
RB91579. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC III 443, Cohen III 462, BMCRE IV p. 797, - († note), cf. SRCV II 5842 (IMP VI), Hunter II -, aF, irregular shaped flan, cleaning scratches, Rome mint, weight 12.650g, maximum diameter 26.0mm, die axis 0o, Dec 183 - Dec 184 A.D.; obverse M COMM ANT-ON AVG PIVS BRIT, radiate head right; reverse P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P, Roma seated left, helmeted and draped, Victory offering her a wreath in her right hand, long scepter vertical behind in left hand, shield leaning against near side of chair, S - C (senatus consulto) low across field; from the Maxwell Hunt Collection; SOLD










OBVERSE LEGENDS

COMMANTAVGPBRIT
COMMANTFELAVGPBRIT
COMMODOCAESAVGFILGERM
COMMODOCAESAVGFILGERMSARM
COMMODVSCAESAVGFILGERM
DIVOCOMMODO
IMPCAESLAVRELCOMMODVSAVGGERMSARM
IMPCAESLAVRELCOMMODVSGERMSARM
IMPLAVRELCOMMAVGGERMSARM
IMPLAVRELCOMMODVSAVGGERMSARM
LAELAVRCOMAVGPF
LAELAVRELCOMMAVGPFEL
LAVRECOMMODVSAVG
LAVRELCOMMODVSAVG
LAVRELCOMMODVSAVGGERMSARM
LAVRELCOMMODVSAVGTRPIII
LAVRELCOMMODVSAVGTRPIIII
LCOMMODVSAVG
MANTONINVSCOMMODVSAVG
MAVRELANCOMMAVGPFEL
MCOMMANTAVGPBRIT
MCOMMANTAVGPBRITFEL
MCOMMANTPFELAVGBRIT
MCOMMANTPFELAVGBRITPP
MCOMMANTOAVGPIVSFEL
MCOMMANTAVGBRIT
MCOMMANTONAVGPIVSBRIT
MCOMMANTONVSPIVSBRIT
MCOMMODANTPFELIXAVGBRITPP
MCOMMODVSANTONAVGPIVS
MCOMMODVSANTONINVSAVG
MCOMMODVSANTONINVSAVGPIVS
MCOMMODVSANTPFELIXAVGBRIT


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