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RIC III Commodus 503

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RIC III Commodus 503, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 186–187 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: felicitas, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 20.1 g, diameter 29.5 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 503
reverse RIC III Commodus 503
mint Rome weight 20.08g (7)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.5 (4)
denomination Sestertius axis 11↕ (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

Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding patera in right hand and sceptre in left hand

PVBLICA FEL P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (10)
British Museum 20.87g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 24.29g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 13.59g ⌀28.6
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 20.57g ⌀29.4 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 16.26g ⌀29.0
British Museum 22.83g 11↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 503 (ric.3.com.503), 186–187 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-503/ (accessed: 2026-09-02). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA