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RIC III Commodus 542

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RIC III Commodus 542, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 189–189 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: jupiter, nude, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, eagle. Weight about 18.9 g, diameter 27.3 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 542
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 542
reverse: Jupiter, nude, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, eagle
mint Rome weight 18.85g (4)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀27.3 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (4)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right

M COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P
reverse

Jupiter, nude, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, eagle

IOVI IVVENI P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII COS V DES VI S C
specimens (4)
KENOM 16.24g 6↕
KENOM 17.07g ⌀26.9 12↕
British Museum 24.59g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 542 (ric.3.com.542), 189–189 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-542/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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