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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 4827954, member: 57495&quot;]Happy Birthday to the Roman Hercules!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167814[/ATTACH]<b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AE As. 10.7g, 24.5mm. Rome mint, AD 192. RIC 644; Cohen 193. O: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head of Commodus as Hercules right, wearing lion skin. R: HER-CVL/RO-MAN/AV-GV/S-C in four lines flanking club; all within laurel wreath.</p><p><i>Ex Dr. Walter Neussel Collection (acquired from Dr. Busso Peus, 1958)</i> </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167815[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>COMMODUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.33g, 18mm. Rome mint, Autumn - Dec AD 177. RIC (Marcus Aurelius) 646; Cohen 270. O: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. R: IVNONI SISPITAE TR P II IMP II COS P P, Juno Sospita, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding shield in left; in front, snake. </p><p>Notes: <i>Commemorating the birthplace of Commodus, the city of Lanuvium, where Juno Sospita was patron goddess. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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