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RIC III Commodus 287

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RIC III Commodus 287, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 178–191 AD. Obverse: bust of crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right. Reverse: venus, draped, seated left, holding victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; under seat, dove. Weight about 7.0 g, diameter 20.3 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 287
reverse RIC III Commodus 287
mint Rome weight 7.05g (6)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀20.3 (2)
denomination Aureus axis 12↕ (5)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Crispina, draped, hair in round coil at back, right

CRISPINA AVGVSTA
reverse

Venus, draped, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand; under seat, dove

VENVS FELIX
specimens (10)
KENOM 7.07g ⌀21.1 12↕
British Museum 7.18g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 7.36g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 7.26g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 6.13g ⌀19.5
British Museum 7.27g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 287 (ric.3.com.287), 178–191 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-287/ (accessed: 2026-08-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA