Image rights: wildwinds.com Commodus, Æ Sestertius, L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head of Commodus, facing right. / P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C, Roma, the city goddess of Rome, in military garb, stands facing right, holding a spear and clasping hand with Fides, personifying good faith, loyalty, and confidence, with a star between them. Struck 192 A.D. The presence of the star on some coins issued late in Commodus' reign is referred to in BMC merely as a good omen, however Herodian records that a comet appeared at that time. aF, scarce type. Sear/RCV 5787, RIC 608 (Scarce), BMC 696, (21.0 gm.).