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RIC III Commodus 515

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RIC III Commodus 515, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 187–188 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar. Weight about 21.2 g, diameter 28.0 mm.
mint Rome weight 21.15g (2)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀28.0 (1)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (2)
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

Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar

SAL AVG P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
specimens (2)
KENOM 22.50g 11↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.80g ⌀28.0 12↕

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RIC III Commodus 515 (ric.3.com.515), 187–188 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-515/ (accessed: 2026-09-03). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA