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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3567142, member: 85693"]I never met an ugly denarius I didn't like. Figuring them out makes the ugly ones more fun than the FDC's (not that I have any FDCs). Commodus is one of my favorite emperors to collect - a vast array of types, some of them weird, and I like his portraits - sometimes he looks like a stupider, drunker, meaner Marcus Aurelius (and looks <i>nothing</i> like Joaquin Phoenix).</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus had, according to OCRE, eight types of denarii with Minerva on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Minerva%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Commodus%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Minerva%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Commodus%22" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:"Minerva" AND denomination_facet:"Denarius" AND portrait_facet:"Commodus"</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I think Severus Alexander/Justin Lee are probably right with RIC 222A, although it could be RIC 223A - I cannot tell from the legends. As it so happens I just got one of these this Spring - an ugly one but I am very fond of the portrait:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]949217[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Commodus Denarius</b></p><p><b>(190-191 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>M COMM ANT P FEL A[VG BRIT P P], laureate head right / [MIN AVG] P M TR P XVI COS VI, Minerva walking right, holding branch in right hand, spear and shield in left.</p><p>RIC 222a; Sear 5661; RSC 358.</p><p>(2.46 grams / 18 x 16 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just got another ugly Commodus/Minerva this month - an earlier issue, and it even has an owl that looks somewhat like a dog or a sea lion or something at her feet right. Not pretty at all:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]949212[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Commodus Denarius</b></p><p><b>(183-184 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head right / PM TRP VIIII IMP VI COS</p><p>IIII, Minerva walking right, brandishing javelin and holding shield, owl at her feet.</p><p>RIC 72; RSC 424; Sear 5668.</p><p>(2.29 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3567142, member: 85693"]I never met an ugly denarius I didn't like. Figuring them out makes the ugly ones more fun than the FDC's (not that I have any FDCs). Commodus is one of my favorite emperors to collect - a vast array of types, some of them weird, and I like his portraits - sometimes he looks like a stupider, drunker, meaner Marcus Aurelius (and looks [I]nothing[/I] like Joaquin Phoenix). Commodus had, according to OCRE, eight types of denarii with Minerva on the reverse. [URL='http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Minerva%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Commodus%22']http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:"Minerva" AND denomination_facet:"Denarius" AND portrait_facet:"Commodus"[/URL] I think Severus Alexander/Justin Lee are probably right with RIC 222A, although it could be RIC 223A - I cannot tell from the legends. As it so happens I just got one of these this Spring - an ugly one but I am very fond of the portrait: [ATTACH=full]949217[/ATTACH] [B]Commodus Denarius (190-191 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] M COMM ANT P FEL A[VG BRIT P P], laureate head right / [MIN AVG] P M TR P XVI COS VI, Minerva walking right, holding branch in right hand, spear and shield in left. RIC 222a; Sear 5661; RSC 358. (2.46 grams / 18 x 16 mm) I just got another ugly Commodus/Minerva this month - an earlier issue, and it even has an owl that looks somewhat like a dog or a sea lion or something at her feet right. Not pretty at all: [ATTACH=full]949212[/ATTACH] [B]Commodus Denarius (183-184 A.D.) Rome Mint [/B] M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS, laureate head right / PM TRP VIIII IMP VI COS IIII, Minerva walking right, brandishing javelin and holding shield, owl at her feet. RIC 72; RSC 424; Sear 5668. (2.29 grams / 17 mm)[/QUOTE]
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