Silver Denarius of Commodus, Rome, AD 187 - AD 188. 1956.127.1193

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Obverse: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT - head laureate, right

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Reverse: P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V PP - Genius standing, front, holding patera and two grain stalks

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 3.58

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 187 - AD 188
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Commodus
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Commodus
Reverse
- Deity: Genius

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: "Tell Kalak", Jordan, 1956

References

Reference: RIC III Commodus 167 (denarius)
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 245

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.127.1193
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society

Subjects

Series: RIC.1.3

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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