Commodus * Minerva with Owl - 183-184 AD. AR Denarius

Commodus * Minerva with Owl - 183-184 AD.
Silver Denarius

Obv: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head of Commodus, facing right.
Rev: P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII PP, Minerva advancing right, brandishing a javelin in right hand and holding a shield in her left, with an owl at her feet, to right - facing.

Tribunician Power (Tribunicia Potestas) held nine times, Consular four times.
A handsome portrait of Commodus, with clear, sharp & high relief features.

Exergue: (Blank)

Mint: Rome
Struck: 183-184 AD.

Size: 19 mm.
Weight: 2.8 grams
Die axis: 180 degs.

Condition: Beautiful, bright, clear lustrous silver.

Refs:*
RSC 424
RIC III 72
BMC IV, 120
Sear Roman Coins & their Values (2000 Edition), #5668

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