Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1074
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1074. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII. The reverse shows statue of Mercury, wearing petasus and short robe, standing front, head left, on…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1098
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1098. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII. The reverse shows jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on throne, holding Victory, standing left…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 333
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 333. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM. The reverse shows victory, winged, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and palm, slope…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1179A
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1179A. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, radiate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI. The reverse shows trophy with shields at foot; to left, German woman, seated left, propping up head with righ…
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American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1192
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1192. Denomination: As. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI. The reverse shows galley with three or four rowers, facing left; on the stern, Neptune, standing left, his foot on a…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1205
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1205. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI. The reverse shows liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in extended right hand and cornucopiae…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 393
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 393. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass and shields, holding Victory on extended right ha…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 286A (denarius)
RIC III Commodus 286A (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right, with the legend CRISPINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and drawing robe over her left should…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 287
RIC III Commodus 287. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right, with the legend CRISPINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows venus, draped, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; under seat, dove…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 665
RIC III Commodus 665. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right, with the legend CRISPINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows concordia, draped, seated left, holding patera in extended right hand and…
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The Digital Coin Cabinet of Mannheim University, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 672A
RIC III Commodus 672A. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right, with the legend CRISPINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right han…
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Archäologisches Museum der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 686 (dupondius)
RIC III Commodus 686 (dupondius). Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right, with the legend CRISPINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows venus, draped, seated left, holding Victory in extended right…
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Universität Wien
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 396
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 396. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing right, holding inverted vertical spear in right hand and restin…
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Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 10
RIC III Commodus 10. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with the legend LIB AVG TR P V…
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 658
RIC III Commodus 658. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right, with the legend DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS. The reverse shows eagle, head right, standing left on garlanded altar, with the legend CONSECRATIO S C.
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 660
RIC III Commodus 660. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right, with the legend DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS. The reverse shows eagle, flying right, grasping thunderbolt in talons, and bearing on its back Marcus Aurelius, holding sceptre, with the le…
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KENOM (Kooperative Erschließung und Nutzung der Objektdaten von Münzsammlungen)
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 17
RIC III Commodus 17. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and cornucopia in left hand, with the legend TR P VI IMP III…
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KENOM (Kooperative Erschließung und Nutzung der Objektdaten von Münzsammlungen)
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 28
RIC III Commodus 28. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS COMMODVS AVG. The reverse shows annona, draped, standing left, holding corn-ears in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand; to left, modius, with the legend…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 337
RIC III Commodus 337. Denomination: Dupondius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, radiate, right, with the legend M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand,…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 45
RIC III Commodus 45. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG. The reverse shows salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand, w…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 71
RIC III Commodus 71. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS. The reverse shows mars, helmeted, standing right, holding reverse spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground, with the l…
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Coin Collection of the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the University of Tübingen, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 74
RIC III Commodus 74. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, modius, with the legend P…
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Coin Collection of the Professorship for Ancient History at the University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, via nomisma.org / OCRE
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 108
RIC III Commodus 108. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend COMM ANT AVG P BRIT. The reverse shows felicitas, draped, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand, with the legend P M TR P X IMP VII…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Commodus 146
RIC III Commodus 146. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Commodus, laureate, right, with the legend M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT. The reverse shows pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from patera in right hand on lighted altar left and holding incense…
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