Commodus AE As, Rome, struck AD 185. 24.84mm, 7.59 g.

M COMM ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head of Commodus right.
VOT SVSC DEC P M TR P X IMP VII, Commodus, togate, standing left, sacrificing over tripod altar. S-C across fields. COS IIII P P in exergue

RIC 456 var (lists only a dupondius); BMCRE 566; Sear 5897 (this coin)

Extremely rare.
This coin is the plate coin in Sear II, p. 411.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, auction IX, lot 437, Dec. 1980.

Contributed by Connor Kaspar, May 2024