R2076 - Commodus (A.D. 177-192), Silver Denarius, 2.87g., Rome mint, A.D. 190, laureate head of Commodus right, M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, rev., P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Commodus togate seated left on curule chair, holding branch and sceptre, (RCV 5683; RIC 212), well centered, good very fine. $125

R2000 - Commodus (A.D. 177-192), Brass Sestertius, 28.38g., Rome mint, A.D. 184, laureate head of Commodus right, M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, rev., ANN AVG TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P, S C, Annona standing left between modius and prow, holding statute and cornucopiae, (RCV 5732; RIC 416), a few lines across the obverse, very fine. $195 SOLD

R2085 - Commodus (A.D. 177-192), Silver Denarius, 2.16g., Rome mint, A.D. 192, head of Commodus right wearing lion skin in the guise of Heracles, L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, rev., HERCVLI ROMANO AVG, bow, quiver and club, (RIC 164), almost very fine. $125 SOLD

RB152 -  Romano-British, Commodus (A.D.177-192), AE Sestertius, 18.15g., Rome mint, A.D. 184-185, laureate bust right, M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, rev., seated figure of Victory right on shields, inscribing shield set on knee TR P X IMP VII COS IIII, VICT BRIT in exergue (Askew 33; RIC 452),  almost very fine, rare. $495

In the last months of Marcus Aurelius's life there was a serious incursion by the northern tribes into the province of Britannia, the wall was overrun and possibly even the governor himself lost in battle. The wall in question is likely to have been the Hadrianic frontier, the Antonine wall having been already abandoned. Ulpius Marcellus was dispatched by to Britain and by A.D. 184 had secured a victory for the now sole emperor Commodus. This type was struck in commemoration of that victory.

R1344 - Commodus (A.D. 177-192), Silver Denarius, 3.56g., Rome mint, A.D. 188, laureate bust of Commodus right, M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, rev., P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P, Aequitas standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae, (RIC 164), almost extremely fine. $165