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RIC III Commodus 557

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RIC III Commodus 557, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 190–190 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 24.4 g, diameter 31.3 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 557
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 557
reverse: Commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand
mint Rome weight 24.44g (6)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀31.3 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 7↕ (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 COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P
reverse

Commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair, holding branch in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand

P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S C
specimens (8)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 18.16g ⌀26.9 12↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 30.72g ⌀36.0
British Museum 23.27g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 17.21g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 28.00g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 557 (ric.3.com.557), 190–190 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-557/ (accessed: 2026-08-29). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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