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RIC III Commodus 497

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RIC III Commodus 497, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 186–187 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and long palm, nearly vertical, in left hand. Weight about 19.4 g, diameter 29.6 mm.
mint Rome weight 19.43g (6)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.6 (6)
denomination Sestertius axis 6↕ (3)
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

Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and long palm, nearly vertical, in left hand

HILARIT AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (4)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 20.63g ⌀29.4
Portable Antiquities Scheme 16.13g ⌀28.6
Portable Antiquities Scheme 17.40g ⌀29.5
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.43g ⌀27.9 6↕

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RIC III Commodus 497 (ric.3.com.497), 186–187 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-497/ (accessed: 2026-08-11). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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