Commodus
bronzemat
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Ive wanted a Commodus for awhile and while I would have loved to have the hercules bust they were just too much for what I wanted to pay. This one cropped up and I liked pretty much everything about it so it became part of my birthday money splurge.
Commodus (177 - 192 A.D.)
Silver denarius
189 A.D
O: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right.
R: PIETATI SENATVS, CVPP, Commodus standing right, holding roll, clasping hands with senator standing left, holding scepter.
Rome mint
RIC III 194 cor, RSC II 408
3.649g (Scarce)
Commodus (177 - 192 A.D.)
Silver denarius
189 A.D
O: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right.
R: PIETATI SENATVS, CVPP, Commodus standing right, holding roll, clasping hands with senator standing left, holding scepter.
Rome mint
RIC III 194 cor, RSC II 408
3.649g (Scarce)
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I wondered what "CVPP" meant and finally found it.
"CV" is his fifth Consulship (V=5) and "PP" is Pater Patria.
Normally a fifth Consulship would be "COS V".
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