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RIC III Commodus 559

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RIC III Commodus 559, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 190–190 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: apollo, nude, standing right, legs crossed, resting right arm on top of head and left arm on column. Weight about 21.4 g, diameter 29.7 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 559
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 559
reverse: Apollo, nude, standing right, legs crossed, resting right arm on top of head and left arm on column
mint Rome weight 21.36g (6)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.7 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (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

Apollo, nude, standing right, legs crossed, resting right arm on top of head and left arm on column

APOL MONETAE P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S C
specimens (6)
KENOM 9.12g 6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 24.69g ⌀29.0
British Museum 19.17g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 25.45g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 559 (ric.3.com.559), 190–190 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-559/ (accessed: 2026-10-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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