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RIC III Commodus 494

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RIC III Commodus 494, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 186–187 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from patera in right hand on lighted altar left and holding incense box in left hand. Weight about 22.8 g, diameter 30.9 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 494
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 494
reverse: Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from patera in right hand on lighted altar left and holding incense box in left hand
mint Rome weight 22.75g (5)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀30.9 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (5)
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 ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT
reverse

Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from patera in right hand on lighted altar left and holding incense box in left hand

AVCTOR PIETAT P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (5)
KENOM 23.03g ⌀30.5 11↕
British Museum 21.85g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 21.54g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 494 (ric.3.com.494), 186–187 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-494/ (accessed: 2026-09-05). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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