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RIC III Commodus 588

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RIC III Commodus 588, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 190–191 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: apollo, draped in long robe, standing front, head right, holding plectrum in right hand and supporting lyre set on column with left hand. Weight about 11.0 g, diameter 18.8 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 588
reverse RIC III Commodus 588
mint Rome weight 10.95g (4)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀18.8 (3)
denomination As axis 8↕ (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 COMM ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P
reverse

Apollo, draped in long robe, standing front, head right, holding plectrum in right hand and supporting lyre set on column with left hand

APOL PALAT P M TR P XVI COS VI S C
specimens (5)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 13.90g ⌀28.1 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 10.80g ⌀28.4 12↕
KENOM — Freiberg 9.28g 6↕
British Museum 9.82g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 588 (ric.3.com.588), 190–191 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-588/ (accessed: 2026-08-16). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA