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RIC III Commodus 672B

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RIC III Commodus 672B, 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: salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar. Weight about 20.1 g, diameter 29.8 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 672B
obverse: Bust of Crispina, draped, hair waved and rolled at crown and knotted on back of head, right
reverse RIC III Commodus 672B
reverse: Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar
mint Rome weight 20.12g (6)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀29.8 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (4)
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 AVG IMP COMMODI AVG
reverse

Salus, draped, seated left on low seat, feeding from patera in right hand snake coiled round altar

SALVS S C
specimens (5)
KENOM 17.54g ⌀29.3 12↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 22.42g ⌀28.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme 15.00g ⌀30.0
British Museum 24.17g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 672B (ric.3.com.672B), 178–191 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-672b/ (accessed: 2026-08-09). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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