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RIC III Commodus 498

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RIC III Commodus 498, 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 23.6 g, diameter 29.8 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 498
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 498
reverse: Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and long palm, nearly vertical, in left hand
mint Rome weight 23.56g (3)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.8 (2)
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

HILARITAS AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (4)
KENOM 23.70g ⌀30.1 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.42g ⌀29.4 6↕
British Museum 27.57g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 498 (ric.3.com.498), 186–187 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-498/ (accessed: 2026-08-29). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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