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Imperial Catalog:AUGUSTUS LIVA AGRIPPA NERO CLAUDIUS DRUSUS GERMANICUS AGRIPPINA I TIBERIUS DRUSUS ANTONIA CALIGULA CLAUDIUS I BRITANNICUS AGRIPPINA II NERO GALBA CLODIUS MACER OTHO VITELLIUS VESPASIAN DOMITILLA TITUS DOMITIAN DOMITIA JULIA TITI NERVA TRAJAN PLOTINA MARCIANA MATIDIA HADRIAN SABINA AELIUS ANTONINUS PIUS FAUSTINA I MARCUS AURELIUS FAUSTINA II LUCIUS VERUS LUCILLA COMMODUS CRISPINA PERTINAX DIDIUS JULIANUS MANLIA SCANTILLA DIDIA CLARA PESCENNIUS NIGER CLODIUS ALBINUS SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS JULIA DOMNA CARACALLA PLAUTILLA GETA MACRINUS DIADUMENIAN ELAGABALUS JULIA MAESA JULIA SOAEMIAS JULIA PAULA AQUILIA SEVERA ANNIA FAUSTINA SEVERUS ALEXANDER JULIA MAMAEA ORBIANA MAXIMINUS I PAULINA MAXIMUS GORDIAN I GORDIAN II BALBINUS PUPIENUS GORDIAN III TRANQUILLINA PHILIP I OTACILIA SEVERA PHILIP II PACATIAN JOTAPIAN TRAJAN DECIUS HERENNIA ETRUSCILLA HERENNIUS ETRUSCUS HOSTILIAN TREBONIANUS GALLUS VOLUSIAN AEMILIAN CORNELIA SUPERA SILBANNACUS URANIUS ANTONINUS VALERIAN I MARINIANA VALERIAN II GALLIENUS SALONINA SALONINUS REGALIANUS DRYANTILLA POSTUMUS LAELIANUS MARIUS VICTORINUS DOMITIAN II TETRICUS I TETRICUS II QUIETUS MACRIANUS CLAUDIUS II QUINTILLUS AURELIAN SEVERINA ZENOBIA VABALATHUS TACITUS FLORIAN PROBUS SATURNINUS CARUS CARINUS MAGNIA URBICA NIGRIAN NUMERIAN JULIAN I DIOCLETIAN MAXIMIAN CARAUSIUS ALLECTUS DOMITIUS DOMITIANUS CONSTANTIUS I THEODORA GALERIUS GALERIA VALERIA SEVERUS II MAXENTIUS ROMULUS CONSTANTINE I HELENA FAUSTA ALEXANDER LICINIUS I CONSTANTIA MAXIMINUS II LICINIUS II CRISPUS VALERIUS VALENS MARTINIAN CONSTANTINE II DELMATIUS HANNIBALLIANUS CONSTANS CONSTANTIUS II MAGNENTIUS DECENTIUS NEPOTIAN VETRANO CONSTANTIUS GALLUS JULIAN II JOVIAN VALENTINIAN I VALENS PROCOPIUS GRATIAN VALENTINIAN II THEODOSIUS I AELIA FLACCILLA MAGNUS MAXIMINUS FLAVIUS VICTOR EUGENIUS HONORIUS CONSTANTINE III CONSTANS II MAXIMINUS PRISCUS ATTALUS JOVINUS SABASTIANUS CONSTANTIUS III GALLA PLACIDIA JOHANNES VALENTINIAN III LICINIA EUDOXIA HONORIA PETRONIUS MAXIMINUS AVITUS MAJORIAN LIBIUS SEVERUS ANTHEMIUS EUPHEMIA ANICIUS OLYBRIUS GLYCERIUS JULIUS NEPOS ROMULUS AUGUSTUS ARCADIUS EUDOXIA PULCHERIA THEODOSIUS II EUDOCIA MARCIAN LEO I VERINA LEO II ZENO ARIADNE BASILISCUS ZENONIS LEONTIUS I ANASTASIUS I ANONYMOUS COINAGE
| ERIC The Encyclopedia of Roman Imperial Coins by Rasiel Suarez
Commodus vies with Caligula and Nero as Roman history 's most perverse and sadistic of rulers. Like Caligula and Nero before, Commodus was an ordinary (by imperial standards) ruler who succeeded Marcus Aurelius, his father, upon his death. In his one major positive deed, Commodus called off the expedition against the Germans which his father had commenced on terms favorable to Rome. He sped off to Rome where he much preferred living the perks of an emperor to the dirty business of waging wars. While he whiled away his time pursuing a hedonistic lifestyle he was happy to delegate administrative responsibilities to others. Unfortunately, his appointees never seemed to last long on the job. Whether through incompetence, bad luck or corruption, one by one these fell and needed replacement. Commodus little by little began gaining a taste for power as the shuffling of his foremen took place and, finally, he decided to manage the empire himself. It is starting with this period that Commodus began to act increasingly unpredictably and cruel. A botched conspiracy against him, orchestrated by no less than his beloved sister Lucilla, was discovered and his surviving the episode turned him afterwards into a highly paranoid individual who had countless officials executed for disloyalty imagined or real. In his final year of life he shocked Romans of all classes by personally moonlighting as a gladiator. Of course, these fights were arranged so that he could invariably come out the victor. Because of this a record-breaking 700+ victories were scored in his name, each one ending in the deaths of one or more gladiators and/or wild beasts at the Colosseum. A successful conspiracy against him was finally hatched by one of his lovers who first tried poisoning him but he threw up and a wrestler was summoned who strangled him to death on the last day of the year 192. For the period, Commodus 's coins are no different in terms of prices and availability compared to that of his immediate predecessors. However, it is somewhat surprising that few Denarii remain in mint state or even close to it. While the ever declining fineness of the silver content in the coins themselves is partly to blame one may wonder about the even baser Denarii of Caracalla or Elagabalus which are downright plentiful in truly gem condition. Because of the historical significance, coins featuring Commodus 's portrait wearing a lion 's head skin, the symbolism of which is associated with Hercules, are particularly prized.
Busts: 3) Bare headed, draped bust right 12) Laureate, draped bust right
Obverses: 11) L AEL AVR COM AVG PF
Reverses: 3) ANN AVG 15) APOL PAL 29) CONCOR COMMODI 30) CONCORDIAE COMMODI AVG 35) D P R C 37) DE SARMATIS 38) FEL 42) FELIC PERPETVAE AVG 43) FELIC PERPETVAE AVG COS VI 45) FID EXERC 51) FIDEI COHORTIVM AVG 66) HERC COMMODIANO 71) HERCVLI ROMANO AVG 73) HILAR AVG 74) HILARIT AVG 81) IOM SPONSOR SEC AVG 82) IOM SPONSOR SEC AVG COS VI P P 101) LAETITIAE AVG 102) LIB AVG IIII 108) LIB AVG VI 115) LIBERAL V 126) MART PAC 133) MATRI DEV CONSERV AVG 138) MINER AVG 140) MINER PAC 158) PIETATI AETERNAE COS V P P 183) PROVIDENTIAE AVG 189) ROMAE FELICI 192) SAECVLI FELIC 200) SECVRIT ORB 205) SERAPIDI COSERV AVG COS VI P P 207) TEMP FELI 208) TEMP FELIC 246) VOT SOLV PRO SAL PR 255) VOTA SOLV PRO SAL PR
Types: 3) Aesculapius standing left, holding hand of kneeling Salus to left and staff with snake coiled around. 8) Apollo standing right, leaning on column and with legs crossed, resting head on hand. 12) Bow, club and quiver 13) Bow, quiver, club with lion skin and trident. 15) Castor leading horse left, holding spear. 16) Ceres standing left, stepping on galley prow, holding torch and cornucopia. 20) Commodus riding horse right, holding spear, led by soldier and followed by three other soldiers. 21) Commodus riding horse right, raising hand. 22) Commodus riding horse right, spearing enemy. 32) Commodus seated left, holding globe, being crowned by hovering Victory from behind. 33) Commodus seated left, holding globe. 34) Commodus standing left on platform, raising hand and holding scepter, facing (3) soldiers below. 35) Commodus standing left on platform, raising hand and holding scepter, facing (4) soldiers below. 36) Commodus standing left on platform, raising hand and holding scepter, facing (5) soldiers below. 37) Commodus standing left on platform, raising hand and holding scepter, facing (6) soldiers below. 42) Commodus standing left, holding globe and scepter; Jupiter behind him, standing left, touching his shoulder and holding thunderbolt. 45) Commodus standing left, sacrificing over altar; child by altar, citizen slaying bull to left and musicians in background. 56) Eagle standing left on globe 68) Fides standing right, holding grain ears and fruit basket 79) Galley sailing left 80) Galley sailing right 82) Genius standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding grain ears. 85) Hercules leading oxen left, holding club with lion skin. 86) Hercules standing left on right, holding club and receiving grain ears from Africa to left, holding sistrum; lion by her feet. 87) Hercules standing left on right, stepping on galley prow, holding club with lion skin and receiving grain ears from Africa to left, holding sistrum. 90) Hercules standing right, resting hand on club and holding bow. 91) Hercules standing, facing, hand on hip and resting hand on club with lion skin. 92) Hercules standing, facing, holding club and bow. 96) Juno advancing right, aiming spear at snake to lower right and holding shield. 108) Laetitia standing left, holding grain ears and rudder on globe. 112) Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy. 113) Mars standing left, holding branch and spear. 114) Mars standing left, holding branch and spear; weapons by feet. 115) Mars standing left, stepping on cuirass, holding branch and spear. 116) Mars standing right, holding spear and shield 119) Minerva advancing right, aiming spear and holding shield; owl to right. 121) Minerva standing left, holding branch and spear with shield. 127) Pax seated left, holding branch and cornucopia. 128) Pax seated left, holding branch and scepter 129) Pax standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. 131) Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter. 132) Pax standing left, setting fire to weapons and holding scepter. 134) Pietas seated left, raising hand and holding scepter; child to left. 135) Pietas standing left, holding scepter and hand of kneeling child. 136) Pietas standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding incense box. 142) Roma standing left, holding spear. 147) Salus seated left, holding branch over snake. 148) Salus seated left, Sphinx under chair, feeding snake to left under tree and next to column with statue atop. 151) Salus standing right, holding and feeding snake 158) Shield, EQVESTER / ORDO / PRINCIPI / IVVENT within 160) Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. 161) Temple with (2) columns, Janus standing within, holding scepter. 177) Victory standing right, stepping on globe, holding shield on palm reading VO / DE 181) Virtus standing right, holding spear and resting hand on shield. 182) Weapons in a pile 183) Wreath, club within; HER CVL / RO MAN / AV GV across fields 187) Wreath, SPQR LAETITIAE CV within.
Mint:
3) B08, O26, R167, T079 4) B08, O39, R162, T100 RIC III 69e, BMC 118 5) B11, O12, R071, T089 RIC 254b, C 201 7) B11, O27, R065, T088 RIC III 221, C 180 9) B12, O13, R111, T110 RIC III 239a, BMC 311 11) B12, O24, R164, T034 Exe: FID EXERC RIC III 110, C 139 12) B12, O26, R169, T161 Exe: COS V P P
13) B11, O27, R173, T170 RIC III 211, BMC 279, C 553
20) B04, O13, R257, T183 RIC III 251d, C 190 21) B07, O01, R231, T059 Exe: FEL RIC III 97 22) B07, O01, R231, T100 RIC III 88, C 457 23) B07, O01, R231, T124 RIC III 94, C 467 24) B07, O01, R231, T138 Exe: ROM RIC III 98a, S 5689, C 660 25) B07, O01, R231, T143 RIC III 90c, C 460 26) B07, O01, R232, T006 Exe: ANN RIC III 106, C 18 27) B07, O01, R232, T059 Exe: FEL RIC III 108, C 117 28) B07, O01, R232, T100 RIC III 101, C 472 29) B07, O01, R232, T138 Exe: ROM RIC III 112 30) B07, O01, R232, T143 RIC III 102, C 476 31) B07, O13, R042, T039 RIC III 249, C 120 32) B07, O13, R071, T089 RIC III 254a, S 5646 33) B07, O13, R081, T042 RIC III 255, S 5648, C 239 34) B07, O13, R088, T098 RIC III 256, C 245 35) B07, O13, R105, T111 RIC III 241, C 288 36) B07, O13, R111, T110 RIC III 239, C 325 37) B07, O13, R130, T180 RIC III 257, C 346 38) B07, O13, R175, T016 RIC III 230, C 582 40) B07, O13, R175, T067 RIC III 232, C 584 41) B07, O13, R175, T076 * in left field RIC III 235, S 5685 42) B07, O13, R175, T134 * in left field RIC III 236, S 5686, C 575 44) B07, O13, R183, T087 RIC III 259, C 643 45) B07, O13, R203, T157 RIC III 261, C 703 46) B07, O13, R246, T043 RIC III 262, S 5725, C 984 47) B07, O13, R257, T185 RIC III 248 51) B07, O23, R224, T007 RIC III 14b, C 811 52) B07, O23, R224, T059 RIC III 15b, C 805 53) B07, O23, R226, T007 RIC III 28, C 835 54) B07, O23, R226, T061 RIC III 29a, C 831 55) B07, O24, R168, T034 56) B07, O25, R146, T126 RIC III 155, S 5663, C 385 57) B07, O26, R019, T136 RIC III 146, S 5630, C 34 58) B07, O26, R057, T076 RIC III 172, C 162 60) B07, O26, R083, T098 Exe: COS VP P RIC III 138, C 241 61) B07, O26, R084, T099 RIC III 152, C 242 62) B07, O26, R086, T103 RIC III 173, S 5650, C 259 63) B07, O26, R099, T107 RIC III 154, C 278 64) B07, O26, R101, T108 RIC III 201, S 5653, C 279 65) B07, O26, R122, T111 RIC III 135, C 340 66) B07, O26, R128, T113 RIC III 175, S 5659, C 350 68) B07, O26, R167, T061 RIC III 137, C 514 69) B07, O26, R170, T059 RIC III 143, C 523 70) B07, O26, R170, T111 RIC III 144, C 521 71) B07, O26, R171, T001 RIC III 164d, C 537 72) B07, O26, R171, T073 RIC III 166a, C 540 73) B07, O26, R171, T081 RIC III 167, C 532 74) B07, O26, R171, T082 RIC III 384, C 532 75) B07, O26, R171, T111 RIC III 168, S 5681, C 542 76) B07, O26, R171, T146 RIC III 169, S 5682 77) B07, O26, R191, T177 RIC III 136, C 664 79) B07, O26, R233, T001 RIC III 120, C 499 80) B07, O26, R233, T032 RIC III 125, C 505 81) B07, O26, R233, T052 RIC III 126, C 53 82) B07, O26, R233, T073 RIC III 131, C 150 83) B07, O26, R233, T100 RIC III 117, C 486 84) B07, O26, R233, T167 RIC III 122a, C 492 85) B07, O26, R240, T165 RIC III 196, C 952 86) B07, O26, R243, T180 RIC III 160, C 966 87) B07, O26, R245, T044 RIC III 140, C 1000 89) B07, O27, R016, T010 RIC III 218, S 5629, C 24 90) B07, O27, R023, T051 RIC III 219, S 5631 91) B07, O27, R049, T065 RIC III 220, C 127 92) B07, O27, R063, T083 RIC III 227, S 5643 93) B07, O27, R085, T103 RIC III 187, C 260 94) B07, O27, R104, T111 RIC III 208d, S 5654, C 282 95) B07, O27, R120, T110 RIC III 202a, C 323 96) B07, O27, R127, T113 RIC III 188, C 351 97) B07, O27, R136, T120 RIC III 222, C 358 98) B07, O27, R137, T122 RIC III 189, C 366 99) B07, O27, R139, T120 RIC III 223a 100) B07, O27, R173, T031 RIC III 212, S 5683 101) B07, O27, R186, T140 RIC III 224, C 655 102) B07, O27, R198, T152 RIC III 190, C 695 103) B07, O27, R211, T053 RIC III 209, C 719 104) B07, O32, R154, T040 RIC III 157, C 397 105) B07, O32, R184, T062 RIC III 159, C 646 106) B07, O32, R230, T181 107) B07, O32, R231, T167 RIC III 93, S 5674, C 466 108) B07, O39, R227, T137 RIC III 44, C 846 109) B07, O39, R229, T112 RIC III 54 110) B07, O39, R229, T118 RIC III 56 111) B07, O39, R229, T129 RIC III 64 112) B07, O39, R229, T143 RIC III 58, C 885 113) B07, O39, R229, T149 RIC III 66, C 903 114) B07, O39, R230, T060 RIC III 74, C 445 115) B07, O39, R230, T068 RIC III 75, C 448 116) B07, O39, R230, T081 RIC III 76, C 435 117) B07, O39, R230, T119 RIC III 72, C 424 118) B07, O39, R230, T124 RIC III 81, C 447 119) B07, O39, R230, T130 RIC III 86, C 940 120) B07, O39, R230, T181 RIC III 71, C 427 121) B07, O41 R224, T007 RIC III 14a, C 812 122) B07, O41, R103, T110 RIC III 22, C 307 123) B07, O41, R106, T110 RIC III 10, C 302 124) B07, O41, R107, T109 RIC III 133, C 316 125) B07, O41, R107, T110 RIC III 36a, S 5655, C 311 126) B07, O41, R223, T162 RIC III 9a, S 5706, C 791 127) B07, O41, R224, T059 RIC III 15a, S 5711, C 805 128) B07, O41, R224, T129 RIC III 17, C 806 129) B07, O41, R224, T137 RIC III 19, C 804 130) B07, O41, R224, T140 RIC III 12, S 5707, C 803 131) B07, O41, R227, T112 RIC III 46, C 842 132) B07, O41, R228, T143 RIC III 49, C 854 134) B08, O16, R222, T179 135) B08, O39, R229, T129 142) B11, O16, R222, T074 RIC III 2, C 779
147) B09, O43, R150, T129 Exe: COS V P P
148) B04, O13, R257, T184 RIC III 637, C 192 149) B07, O12, R071, T089 Exe: S C RIC III 640, C 203 150) B07, O12, R183, T087 Exe: S C RIC III 641, C 644 151) B07, O13, R175, T059 RIC III 607 152) B07, O13, R175, T176 * over S C in field RIC III 613, C 590 153) B07, O38, R129, T114 RIC III 527, C 352 154) B07, O38, R142, T123 RIC III 528, C 369 155) B07, O38, R146, T127 RIC III 501 157) B07, O38, R166, T032 RIC III 463, C 506 158) B07, O38, R166, T161 RIC III 460, C 489 161) B07, O41, R181, T138 RIC III 312, C 627 162) B07, O41, R224, T030 Exe: LIB AVG IIII RIC III 310, C 310 163) B07, O41, R226, T006 RIC III 325 164) B07, O41, R227, T006 RIC III 344 165) B07, O41, R228, T106 RIC III 348, C 850 166) B07, O41, R244, T023 Exe: S C RIC III 332a, C 972 167) B07, O42, R180, T138 RIC III 379, C 620 168) B07, O42, R229, T169 RIC III 374, C898
171) B14, O20, R242, T179 RIC III 292a, C 961 172) B14, O28, R171, T001 173) B14, O41, R125, T112 RIC III 315, C 336 174) B14, O42, R229, T119 RIC III 368b, C 881
AE As 177) B04, O13, R257, T183 Exe: S C RIC III 644, C 193 178) B07, O28, R171, T001 RIC III 517
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