Commodus – Altar

Commodus – Altar
Silver antoninianus (= double denarius), Rome, 249 - 251 A.D.
   
Obv. DIVO COMMODO; Radiate head of Divus Commodus r.
Rev. CONSECRATIO; Altar-enclosure with double panelled doors, flames rising from the top of the altar, sometimes with horns visible on either side.

   

   RIC (Decius) 94; RSC (Commodus) 1010
   
Picture credit: Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH (Auction 103), 23.3.2017, lot 404


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