Tuesday 9 April 2013

Commodus

Commodus
As sole Augustus, 933 - 945 A.U.C. (180 - 192 A.D.)

 
Coin: AE Assarius

Obverse: L AEL AVREL CO-MM AVG P FEL, Bust of Commodus, wearing a lion's skin, in the guise of Hercules, facing to the right.
Reverse: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV S-C, in four lines between an upright club, all within a wreath.

Weight: 9.86 g
Diameter: 23 x 23.5 x 2.5 mm
Die axis: 170°
Mint: Rome, struck in 192 A.D.
Reference: RIC III 644
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Coin: Billon Tetradrachm

Obverse: MA KOM ANTω - CEB EVCEB, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Bust of Selene, facing to the left, a Crescent before her, in the right field.

Weight: 10.76 g
Diameter: 24 x 22.3 x 3 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Alexandria, Year 30 (), struck between 189 - 190 A.D.
Reference: Milne 2688
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Coin: Billon Tetradrachm

Obverse: MA KOM ANTω - CEB EYCEB, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: ΠP-O-NOIA, Pronoia, radiate, standing to the left, her right hand raised and holding a sceptre with her left. L - Λ across the fields.

Weight: 11.49 g
Diameter: 23.8 x 22.2 x 3.2 mm
Die axis: 20°
Mint: Alexandria, year 30 (L - Λ), struck between 189 - 190 A.D.
Reference: Milne 2691
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Coin: Billon Tetradrachm

Obverse: MA KOM ANTω - CEB EVCEB, laureate bust facing to the right.
Reverse: Eagle of Zeus, perched to the right, upon a thunderbolt with its wings open. 
in the right field.

Weight: 10.21 g
Diameter: 23 x 22 x 3.1 mm
Die axis: 0°
Mint: Alexandria, Year 30 (), struck between 189 -190 A.D.
Reference: Milne 2696
Second Example
Weight: 11.51 g
Diameter: 23.3 x 22 x 3.9 mm
Die axis: 0°
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