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RIC 439 of Commodus

Commodus Æ Sestertius. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head right / P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P S-C, SALVS below, Salus seated left feeding snake coiling up in front of column between two vines; on column, statue of Bacchus holding thyrsus; on seat of Salus, Spes and a sphinx. Cohen 682.

Lot No.1333. Rated Rare in RIC.

$ 145.

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.