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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ro1974, post: 2257127, member: 73358&quot;]<font size="6"><b>Hey all,</b></font></p><p><font size="6"><b>Commodus as Hercules. AD180-192. AE sestertius</b></font></p><p><b>Denomination</b>: AE sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Mint</b>: Rome AD 192</p><p><b>Size</b>: 28.8 x 30.5 mm. <b>Weight</b>: 24.29 grams.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Reference</b>: Sear-5751.&nbsp; RIC 637</p><p><b>Grade</b>:&nbsp; Good Fine to about VF.&nbsp; Pit in front of chin.&nbsp; Some porosity, but over all pleasing.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obverse</b>: Head of Commodus right wearing the lion&#039;s skin headdress, with L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL around.</p><p><b>Reverse</b>: Club with HER-DVL ROM-ANO AVF-GV around and S C flanking the club at the bottom.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse basically means &quot;HERCULES IS THE ROMAN EMPEROR&quot; which tells of that by this time Commodus insanity had progressed to the point he not only felt he was descended from Hercules, but actually was Hercules.</p><p><img src="http://s21.postimg.org/4k1fvwhaf/commodus3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Greetings Ro[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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