Co 733 (Middle Roman denarius of Commodus from Rome) [permalink] [show fewer 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

Reverse Photograph