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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3878640, member: 85693&quot;]Very nice coin and interesting and informative write up.&nbsp; I searched OCRE for Commodus denarii with a child and came up with two - both described as Pietas but in an OCRE blunder, both described as &quot;standing&quot;.&nbsp; The other one is RIC 244 (TRP XVIII) - if you want to see this one and 40 examples of yours (RIC 236 (TRP XVII)):</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Commodus%22+AND+fulltext%3Achild" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Commodus%22+AND+fulltext%3Achild" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=denomination_facet:&quot;Denarius&quot;+AND+portrait_facet:&quot;Commodus&quot;+AND+fulltext:child</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I really like the coins of Commodus, and snap them up whenever I find a cheap one.&nbsp; There are so many different, sometimes unusual reverse types. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to this post, I have an excuse to post this new cheapie:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1024637[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Commodus&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(186-187 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right / HILAR AVG PM TR P XII IMP</p><p>VIII COS V P P, Hilaritas standing left holding long palm and olive branch.</p><p>RIC 150a; BMC 210.</p><p>(2.28 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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