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RIC III Commodus 673

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RIC III Commodus 673, 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: venus, draped, seated left, holding victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 22.0 g, diameter 30.5 mm.
obverse RIC III Commodus 673
reverse RIC III Commodus 673
mint Rome weight 21.97g (5)
ruler Commodus diameter ⌀30.5 (3)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (5)
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

Venus, draped, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and sceptre in left hand

VENVS FELIX S C
specimens (8)
British Museum 20.12g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
KENOM 21.34g ⌀32.1 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.00g ⌀28.5 6↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Portable Antiquities Scheme
British Museum 26.57g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Commodus 673 (ric.3.com.673), 178–191 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-commodus-673/ (accessed: 2026-08-20). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA