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Commodus Annona Coin Type: Silver denarius of Commodus, Caesar 175-176 CE, Augustus 177-192 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 184 CE
Size and Weight: 17mm, 3.1g
Obverse: Laureate head right.
COMM ANT AVG P BRIT
Reverse: Annona standing left, holding a statuette (of Spes?) in her right hand and a cornucopia in her left arm. A modius with four corn ears is to the left and a ship's prow to the right.
PM TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P
Exergue: ANN
Ref: RIC III 95
BW Ref: 001 027 011
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