Bronze medallion of Commodus, Rome, 192 A.D.
L AELIVS AVRELIVS COMMODVS AVG PIVS FELIX; Head of Commodus r., wearing lion-skin headdress that is tied around neck.
HERC ROM CONDITORI P M TR P XVIII / COS VII P P; Hercules, advancing l., holding club and lion skin in l. hand, guiding with his r. hand a yoke of oxen.
Gnecchi II, p.54, 2 and pl. 79, 7; Banti 90; Cohen 184
Picture credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. (Triton XVII), 7.1.2014, lot 740
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