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A silver denarius of the emperor Commodus showing the emperor as Hercules. Coin Type: Silver denarius of Commodus, Caesar 175-176 CE, Augustus 177-192 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 191-192 CE
Size and Weight: 16mm x 18mm, 3.37g
Obverse: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL
Head right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
Reverse: HER-CVL / RO - MAN / AV-GV across fields
Club, vertical, handle upwards, in the centre; club and legend all within a laurel wreath.
Provenance: Gitbud & Naumann (Vcoins), January 2011
Ref: RCV (2002) 5644; RIC III 251.
BW Ref: 026 052 166
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