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RIC III Commodus 641

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RIC III Commodus 641, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 192–192 AD. Obverse: head of commodus, laureate, right. Reverse: hercules, wearing lion-skin, standing right, foot on prow, resting club rock to right, and recieveing corn-ears from africa, wearing elephant headdress, draped, standing right, and holding sistrum in right hand; at feet, lion. Weight about 23.5 g, diameter 23.7 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 641
obverse: Head of Commodus, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 641
reverse: Hercules, wearing lion-skin, standing right, foot on prow, resting club rock to right, and recieveing corn-ears from Africa, wearing elephant headdress, draped, standing right, and holding sistrum in right hand; at feet, lion
mint Rome weight 23.49g (7)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀23.7 (4)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (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, wearing lion-skin, standing right, foot on prow, resting club rock to right, and recieveing corn-ears from Africa, wearing elephant headdress, draped, standing right, and holding sistrum in right hand; at feet, lion

PROVIDENTIAE AVG S C
specimens (8)
British Museum 25.35g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 26.07g ⌀34.5
KENOM — Freiberg 18.52g
British Museum 26.71g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 23.91g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 641 (ric.3.com.641), 192–192 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-641/ (accessed: 2026-08-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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