Roman Imperial coin – HCR23148

Obverse

Inscription:

[L AEL] AVREL COMM [AVG] P [F]E[L]

Design:

Head of Commodus, laureate, right

Reverse

Inscription:

PROVIDE[NTIAE AVG] S C

Design:

Hercules, wearing lion-skin, standing right, foot on prow, resting club rock to right, and recieveing corn-ears from Africa, wearing elephant headdress, draped, standing right, and holding sistrum in right hand; at feet, lion

Information

Period

Roman Imperial

Dynasty

Nerva-Antonine

Reign

Commodus

Person

Commodus (ruler/authority)

Mint

Rome

Denomination

Sestertius

Material

orichalcum

Technique

struck

Dating

AD 192

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

21.35

Axis

Diameter (mm)

29.9

Acquisition method

transfer

Acquisition collection reference

William Raye 1704; Hearne Cat. Loc. β 20

Acquisition date

1922

Source

Bodleian Library

Acquisition credit

Transferred from the Bodleian Library, 1922.

Reference

RIC III : 641

Reference

OCRE : http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.com.641

Contributors to this coin record

mmaliczowski