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RIC III Commodus 668

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RIC III Commodus 668, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 178–191 AD. Obverse: bust of crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right. Reverse: hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand. Weight about 21.5 g, diameter 24.3 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 668
obverse: Bust of Crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 668
reverse: Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand
mint Rome weight 21.53g (9)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀24.3 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (9)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right

CRISPINA AVGVSTA
reverse

Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm, nearly vertical, in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand

HILARITAS S C
specimens (12)
Portable Antiquities Scheme
KENOM 25.08g ⌀31.8 6↕
British Museum 25.37g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 21.96g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 18.75g ⌀30.2 12↕
KENOM — Freiberg 18.04g 6↕
British Museum 19.31g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 21.17g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 668 (ric.3.com.668), 178–191 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-668/ (accessed: 2026-08-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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