- Co 733 (Middle Roman denarius of Commodus from Rome) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 187
- Not before (date)
- 186
- Comment
- RW: This coin commemorates Commodus‘s renaming of November as Exsuperatoria.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Cited by
- Walker1980, p. 218 (rev. KenchreaiIII)
- Comparanda
- RIC III, Commodus 152, p. 382
- Preservation comment
- Wear: F. Slightly nicked edge; somewhat sparse, slight pitting and scratching. Scattered, thin film of silver sulfides on both faces.
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, pp. 30, 85, no. 304 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Commodus, Rome, Uncertain“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 6
- Has denomination
- Denarius
- Numismatic Authority
- M. Aurelius Commodus (180-192)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 17.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Rome
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 2.35
- Obverse Description
- Laureate head to right
- Obverse Inscription
- M COMM ANT – P FEL AVG BRIT
- Reverse Description
- Half-draped Jupiter seated to left on stool, holding long sceptre in left hand and extending right arm
- Reverse Inscription
- IOV • EXSVP • P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V PP
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Middle Roman (Historical Period)
- Material
- Silver (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Zeus/Jupiter (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 733 (Middle Roman denarius of Commodus from Rome).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0733>
