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RIC III Commodus 500

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RIC III Commodus 500, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 186–187 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: the three monetae, all draped, standing left, holding scales in their right hands and cornucopia in left hands. Weight about 22.1 g, diameter 29.6 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 500
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 500
reverse: The three Monetae, all draped, standing left, holding scales in their right hands and cornucopia in left hands
mint Rome weight 22.08g (11)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.6 (7)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (11)
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

The three Monetae, all draped, standing left, holding scales in their right hands and cornucopia in left hands

MON AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (12)
KENOM 22.70g ⌀31.0 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 18.57g ⌀29.2 12↕
KENOM 17.51g 5↕
KENOM 29.48g ⌀29.0 12↕
British Museum 22.68g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 28.90g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.65g ⌀29.5 12↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 15.93g ⌀27.2 5↕
British Museum 20.24g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 500 (ric.3.com.500), 186–187 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-500/ (accessed: 2026-08-29). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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