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A silver denarius of the emperor Commodus showing the emperor as Father of the Senate Coin Type: Silver denarius of Commodus, Caesar 175-176 CE, Augustus 177-192 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 187 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 17mm, 2.56g
Obverse: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT
Laureate, bearded bust right.
Reverse: PATER SENAT P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P
Commodus as Father of the Senate, togate, standing left, branch in right hand in front at shoulder height, short sceptre in left arm behind.
Provenance: Rutten & Wieland (Vcoins), November 2006.
Ref: RCV (2002) 5666; RIC III 157
BW Ref: 007 051 097
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