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AR Denarius (Rome, AD 186–189)
O/ Head laureate right; M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT around.
R/ Commodus standing right, clasping right hands with a senator standing left, both holding sceptre; PIETATI SENATVS around, C V PP in exergue.
2.14g
RIC 194 (scarce); Cohen 408; 8 specimens in the Reka Devnia Hoard (3146 specimens for Commodus).
The reverse is very unusual in the Roman Imperial coinage, and ironic considering the relationship between Commodus and the Senate.
Collection : Roman Imperial 03 - The Nerva-Antonine Dynasty (96-192)