Lot 43-171. Commodus. A.D. 177-192. AE as. Rome mint, struck A.D. 192. Scarce.

Commodus. A.D. 177-192. AE as (11.54 g). Rome mint, struck A.D. 192. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, head right wearing lion's skin headdress / HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV, legend either side of club of Hercules, all within wreath. RIC 644; BMCRE 722. NGC VF 4/5, 3/5. Scarce. 

This coin refers to Commodus' belief that he was Hercules reincarnated. According to the historian Herodian, "he issued orders that he was to be called not Commodus, son of Marcus, but Hercules, son of Jupiter. Abandoning the Roman and imperial mode of dress, he donned the lion-skin, and carried the club of Hercules..."

 

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