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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4125313, member: 99456"]Congrats, [USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER], on your first denarii.</p><p> [ATTACH=full]1068874[/ATTACH]</p><p>Here's a worn but interesting denarius of Commodus. This type, proclaiming the loyalty of the troops, came after 185 in which Perennis, praetorian prefect under Commodus, was executed for a plot against the emperor. Various accounts differ in detail but agree on the overall story. Here's one version:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">Perennis, who commanded the Pretorians after Paternus, met his death as the result of a mutiny of the soldiers. For, inasmuch as Commodus had given himself up to chariot-racing and licentiousness and performed scarcely any of the duties pertaining to his office, Perennis was compelled to manage not only the military affairs, but everything else as well, and to stand at the head of the State. The soldiers, accordingly, whenever any matter did not turn out to their satisfaction, laid the blame upon Perennis and were angry with him.</font></p><p><font size="4">- <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/73*.html#p89" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/73*.html#p89" rel="nofollow">Cassio Dio, Roman History 9.6</a></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1068871[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Imperial, <b>Commodus</b>, AD 177-192, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Struck:</b> AD 186</p><p><b>Obv:</b> COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, Laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P, Commodus, standing left on platform, holding scepter and raising hand, addressing three soldiers, each holding standard, the two in front also each holding shield; FID EXERC in exergue</p><p><b>Ref:</b> RIC III 130 D (obv legend)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4125313, member: 99456"]Congrats, [USER=101226]@Bradley Trotter[/USER], on your first denarii. [ATTACH=full]1068874[/ATTACH] Here's a worn but interesting denarius of Commodus. This type, proclaiming the loyalty of the troops, came after 185 in which Perennis, praetorian prefect under Commodus, was executed for a plot against the emperor. Various accounts differ in detail but agree on the overall story. Here's one version: [INDENT][SIZE=4]Perennis, who commanded the Pretorians after Paternus, met his death as the result of a mutiny of the soldiers. For, inasmuch as Commodus had given himself up to chariot-racing and licentiousness and performed scarcely any of the duties pertaining to his office, Perennis was compelled to manage not only the military affairs, but everything else as well, and to stand at the head of the State. The soldiers, accordingly, whenever any matter did not turn out to their satisfaction, laid the blame upon Perennis and were angry with him. - [URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Cassius_Dio/73*.html#p89']Cassio Dio, Roman History 9.6[/URL][/SIZE][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1068871[/ATTACH] Roman Imperial, [B]Commodus[/B], AD 177-192, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Struck:[/B] AD 186 [B]Obv:[/B] COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, Laureate head right [B]Rev:[/B] P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P, Commodus, standing left on platform, holding scepter and raising hand, addressing three soldiers, each holding standard, the two in front also each holding shield; FID EXERC in exergue [B]Ref:[/B] RIC III 130 D (obv legend)[/QUOTE]
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