RIC III Commodus 581, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 190–191 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, nude, standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over altar and holding cornucopiae in left hand; at left, tree on which hangs lion-skin. Weight about 21.3 g, diameter 27.7 mm.
obverse
Head of Commodus, laureate, right
M COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P
reverse
Hercules, nude, standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over altar and holding cornucopiae in left hand; at left, tree on which hangs lion-skin
HERC COMMODIANO P M TR P XVI COS VI S C
specimens (6)
British Museum
27.09g
12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
13.60g
⌀27.0
6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
21.00g
⌀28.4
12↕
British Museum
23.62g
6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Cite this coin
RIC III Commodus 581 (ric.3.com.581), 190–191 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-581/ (accessed: 2026-08-22). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA