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RIC III Commodus 501

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RIC III Commodus 501, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 186–187 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: nobilitas, draped, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and palladium in left hand. Weight about 21.6 g, diameter 29.9 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 501
reverse RIC III Commodus 501
mint Rome weight 21.56g (7)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.9 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (6)
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 (P D)
reverse

Nobilitas, draped, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and palladium in left hand

NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (11)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 14.70g ⌀29.0
British Museum 21.48g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
British Museum 21.94g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 22.46g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 30.60g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 501 (ric.3.com.501), 186–187 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-501/ (accessed: 2026-08-31). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA