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RIC III Commodus 640

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RIC III Commodus 640, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 192–192 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, nude, wearing lion skin draped over left arm, standing right, resting right hand on trophy and holdind club in left hand. Weight about 25.8 g, diameter 29.7 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 640
reverse RIC III Commodus 640
mint Rome weight 25.83g (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

L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL
reverse

Hercules, nude, wearing lion skin draped over left arm, standing right, resting right hand on trophy and holdind club in left hand

HERCVLI ROMANO AVG S C
specimens (11)
KENOM 25.02g 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
British Museum 29.98g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme ⌀30.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 20.15g ⌀27.5
British Museum 27.27g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 25.58g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 640 (ric.3.com.640), 192–192 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-640/ (accessed: 2026-08-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA