Description: Commodus (177-192 AD). AE Sestertius, Rome mint 184 AD. M COMMODVS ANT-ON AVG PIVS BRIT; laureate head right / VOTA SVSCEPTA DECEN P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P; Commodus, wearing sacerdotal dress, standing left, holding volumen and sacrificing over lighted tripod; SC across fields.

Diameter: AE30 mm

Weight: 19.64 g

Grade: VF/F

Attribution: RIC III 441

Commentary: rare; good portrait, dark brown patina

History: The name "Commodus" is derived from the Latin word commodus, which can mean "suitable, convenient, opportune" as well as "full, complete, of full weight".

Article Number: 001-04-01-44287