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RIC 208 of Commodus

Commodus Denarius. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laurated head right / LIB AVG PM TR P XV COS VI, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and rod. RSC 278.

Lot No.7156. VF portrait, gFine overall. 2.2g.

$ 75.

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.