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Coin Type: Brass sestertius of Commodus, Caesar 175-176 CE, Augustus 177-192 CE Mint and Date: Rome, 181 CE Size and Weight: 30mm x 33mm, 24.55g Obverse: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG Laureate, draped bust right. Reverse: IVPPITER CONSERVATOR TR P VI S C Jupiter standing front, head left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and cloak over Commodus, who stands on left, togate, holding branch and sceptre. Jupiter holds tall sceptre in left hand. Exergue: COS III PP Provenance: Incitatus Coins (Vcoins), September 2007 Ref: RCV (2002) 5666; RIC III 157 BW Ref: 011 034 115

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