RIC III Commodus 259A, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 191–192 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, wearing lion-skin, standing right, foot on prow, resting club on tree-trunk to right, holding thunderbolt in left hand and clasping right hands with africa, wearing elephant headdress, draped, holding sistrum in right hand and corn-ears (?) in left hand; at her feet, lion. Weight about 2.8 g, diameter 16.6 mm.
obverse
Head of Commodus, laureate, right
L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL
reverse
Hercules, wearing lion-skin, standing right, foot on prow, resting club on tree-trunk to right, holding thunderbolt in left hand and clasping right hands with Africa, wearing elephant headdress, draped, holding sistrum in right hand and corn-ears (?) in left hand; at her feet, lion
PROVIDENTIAE AVG
specimens (7)
British Museum
2.83g
12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
3.67g
6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
2.33g
⌀17.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme
2.20g
⌀16.2
12↕
Cite this coin
RIC III Commodus 259A (ric.3.com.259A), 191–192 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-259a/ (accessed: 2026-08-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA