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Message:: [QUOTE="Curtisimo, post: 8168788, member: 83845"]Nice denarii. One of my favorite Roman coins is my Commodus as Hercules denarius. [ATTACH=full]1426717[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1426720[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireCommodus (AD 177-192)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 192Dia.: 17 mmWt.: 2.66 gObv.: L AEL AVREL COMMA VG P FEL; Commodus bust right wearing lion skin on head.Rev.: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV; Club in wreathRef.: RIC III 251, ScarceEx W.F. Stoeckin Collection (1888-1975). Acquired in the 1960s from Prof. L. De Nicola in Rome Here are a few other Commodus coins I like. [ATTACH=full]1426719[/ATTACH] Roman EmpireCommodus (AD 177-192)AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 187Dia.: 18 mmWt.: 2.77 gObv.: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT; Laureate bust rightRev.: AVCT PIET P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P; Pietas standing left, sacrificing over altar with incense and patera, holding box.Ref.: RIC III 146, scarceEx James Pickering Collection of Britannic Coinage; Ex AMCC 1, lot 158 (Dec. 1, 2018) [ATTACH=full]1426718[/ATTACH]Roman EmpireCommodus under Marcus AureliusAE Sestertius, Rome mint, struck ca. AD 179Dia.: 33 mmWt.: 26.37 gObv.: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG TR P IIII; Laureate head of Commodus rightRev.: IMP III COS II P P S C; Minerva standing left extending right hand, left hand resting on shield on ground to right, spear resting against shieldRef.: RIC III 1607 p. 342 (under Marcus Aurelius)Ex Kenneth W. Dorney Auction 9, Lot 105 (Nov. 29, 2019)[/QUOTE]