RIC III Commodus 596
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Commodus 596. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Commodus. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Commodus
Design
- Obverse
- Head of Commodus, laureate, right
- Reverse
- Jupiter, nude, standing left, holding thunderbolt in left hand and placing right hand on shoulder of Commodus, togate, standing front, head right, and holding globe in right hand
- Obverse legend
- L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL
- Reverse legend
- I O M SPONSOR SEC AVG VI P P S C
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.com.596
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