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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 8169178, member: 57495&quot;]Nice pickup, [USER=80952]@ambr0zie[/USER], with a solid portrait and an interesting, less common reverse type. </p><p><br /></p><p>In CT tradition, here&#039;s my latest Commodus, also a later issue, ex AMCC 3.&nbsp; I particularly liked [USER=84744]@Severus Alexander[/USER]&#039;s writeup for it, which I reproduce below.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1426874[/ATTACH]<b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.18g, 18.0mm. Rome mint, AD 191-192. RIC III 256 (rare). O: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head right. R: IOVI DEFENS SALVTIS AVG, Jupiter standing front and looking right, holding thunderbolt aloft with right hand and sceptre with left, seven stars around.</p><p><i>Ex Severus Alexander Collection; ex Phil Peck Collection (CNG E-auction 463, part of lot 648)</i></p><p>AMCC Notes: &quot;The IOVI DEFENS SALVTIS type is unique to Commodus. Coming near the end of his reign at the height of his paranoia, it indicates Jupiter’s protection of the emperor; RIC notes the coin types of this year show his “growing nervousness and insecurity.” The seven stars likely have astrological significance, mostly likely representing the seven “wanderers” in the sky (planets in the classical meaning of the term): the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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