Commodus, Rome, AR denarius

L AVREL COMMODVS AVG, Laureate, cuirassed bust right
TRP V IMP III COS II PP, Roma seated right, holding spear and
 parazonium.

Ref: RIC 1 var.

Notes: RIC 1v (Specimen cited in RIC, is not cuirassed) This
 coin is better assigned to Commodus' joint reign with Marcus
 Aurelius, not his sole reign after Marcus' death as in RIC,
 since Commodus still has his original praenomen Lucius, which
 he changed to Marcus in honor of his father when Marcus died.

 Very Scarce

Contributed by Paul Anderson September, 2009