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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 3921649, member: 75937&quot;]Nice acquisitions for your collection! You should be proud of them. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1. In AD 191/2 Commodus took the name Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus. That&#039;s what L AEL AVREL is short for. Prior to that, he had the name Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antoninus.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Luna is simply the Latin word for the moon. The reverse inscription means The moon, the bringer of light. Just as Apollo was identified with the sun, his twin sister Diana was identified with the moon. Luna is Diana in her role as moon goddess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an Aelius Aurelius Commodus sestertius from the final year of his reign:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033823[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and a LVNA LVCIFERA of Julia Domna for good measure:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1033824[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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