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RIC III Commodus 452

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RIC III Commodus 452, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 184–185 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: victory, winged, draped, seated right on shields, inscribing shield set on knee and held in place by left hand. Weight about 22.1 g, diameter 29.6 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 452
reverse RIC III Commodus 452
mint Rome weight 22.09g (9)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.6 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (9)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right

M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT
reverse

Victory, winged, draped, seated right on shields, inscribing shield set on knee and held in place by left hand

VICT BRIT P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P S C
specimens (10)
KENOM 17.71g 12↕
British Museum 21.50g 7↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.67g ⌀30.1 12↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 17.39g ⌀29.4 12↕
British Museum 31.24g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 28.64g 11↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 452 (ric.3.com.452), 184–185 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-452/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA