Commodus
COMMODUS (Lucius Aurelius) ANTONINUS, who on his coins is also called MARCUS, was the son of M.
Commodus (166-192)
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Ref Commodus Billon Tetradrachm, Milne 2683, Koln 2242, BMC 1439, Dattari 3903
Commodus Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria. Laureate head right / Galley & Lighthouse of Alexandria.
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Commodus
Some Roman Emperors were declared, upon their deaths, to be gods. The pagan pantheon always had room for the spirit of a fondly remembered Emperor. A few of the more tyrannical rulers declared themselves to be gods while still alive .
Commodus was the son and successor of Marcus Aurelius. In 180, reversing his father's foreign policy, he concluded peace with the German and the Sarmatian tribes and returned to his licentious pleasures in Rome.
Commodus as Caesar, AR Denarius, 175-176, Group II, Rome
COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM
Bare head, draped bust right, seen from behind
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Commodus
Civil War
L. Aelius Aurelius Commodus
Emperor 180 - 192 ...
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Commodus
Roman Empire, Commodus, AD 177-192 AV Gold Aureus (7.05 gm) Obverse: M COMM ANT P - FELIX AVG BRIT P P Laureate, draped right.
Commodus 177 - 192 CE
Obv: Laureate bust right.
Rx: Roma feeding snake arising from altar.
The relationship between Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus and the bizarre peronality of Commodus was portrayed with some accuracy in the film Gladiator.
31. Commodus, A.D. 177-192, gold aureus.
32. Pertinax, A.D. 193, silver denarius.
33. Didius Julianus, A.D. 193, silver denarius.
276 COMMODUS. 177-192. Æ As. Elephant standing right, COS IIII PP. Scarce. RIC-432, C-378. VG $75 ...
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Commodus, AD 177-192, AR Denarius (2.8g). Emperor head rt./PM TRP XI IMPVII COS V PP, Commodus seated left holding globe and crowned by Victory behind, RIC125(S). Centered on slightly irregular flan, nice portrait and rev.
Commodus to Gallienus; also quasi-autonomous, Caracalla to Gallienus. Inscr., COL AVG TROAD; COL TROA; COL ALEXAND AVG. Types: Chiefly relating to Apollo Smintheus, whose temple lay south of Alexandreia Troas.
In 180, her brother Commodus became emperor, and a couple years later she conspired with others against him. For her part in the plot, she was exiled to the island of Capri where she was executed before long.
694 Roman imperial, Augustus-Commodus, on 40 ppl + 15 ppl of color enlargements.
Roman imperial Augustus-Commodus (694), Roman AE medallions (14)
Note: Before number 97 the odd-numbered catalogs did not have ancients.
97 (5/00) MV. MQP.
An example of an emperor who went to an extreme in proclaiming divine status was Commodus.
(Wife of Commodus)
Philippopolis, Thrace
KPICÎ EINA CEBA[CTH]
Draped bust right
Rev: ΦIΛIΠΠOΠOΛ[EITΩN]
River-God reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia, resting on inverted vase from which water flows, waves below.
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Traduction : "Lucius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Tribunicia Potestas quartus", (Lucius Aurèle Commode auguste revêtu de la quatrième puissance tribunitienne).
Description : Tête laurée de Commode à droite (O*).
REVERS ...
Upon the death of the Roman Emperor Commodus, civil war erupted. Septimius Severus rose to power by gaining both control, and support of the military through increasing the pay and benefits for soldiers.
An Anglo Saxon Tremissis
The Austrian Four Ducats
Hans Reinhart - The Trinity
Calabria Tarentum
Spanish Emporion
The Commodus Medallion
Gold Danish Christian IV
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Roman Empire Sestertius ...
- condemnation of memory, an official Roman condemnation of a person for crimes against the state, resulting in the destruction or obliteration of the person's name and image. Emperors who suffered damnatio include Nero, Domitian, Commodus, ...
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