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RIC 74 of Commodus

Commodus Denarius. 183-184AD. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head right / P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, Felicitas standing left holding caduceus & cornucopiae, modius at foot left. RSC 445.

Lot No.7152. VF/nVF. 3g.

$ 125.

Commodus was the son of Marcus Aurelius and was made co-emperor in 177 AD. He was a megalomaniac who fancied himself the reincarnation of Hercules, and was killed in 192 AD.