Commodus (177-192 AD) ~ AE Dupondius ~ NGC Choice Very Fine

Commodus (AD 177-192). AE dupondius (26mm, 6h). NGC Choice VF. Rome, AD 181. M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, radiate head of Commodus right, seen from back / PROV DEOR TR P VI IMP IIII COS III, Providentia standing facing, head left, wand in right hand over globe at feet to left, scepter grounded in left; S-C across fields. RIC III 317.

NGC CERT #: 2119129-010

NGC DESCRIPTION: AE Dupondius

NGC GRADE: Choice Very Fine

ABOUT THE COIN:

The dupondius (Latin two-pounder) was a brass coin used during the Roman Republic and Roman Empire valued at 2 asses.

Commodus was the emperor dramatized in The Gladiator.  He was Roman emperor from 176-192 AD.  He served jointly with his father Marcus Aurelius from 176 until his father's death in 180, and thereafter he reigned alone until his assassination.  His reign is commonly thought of as marking the end of a golden period of peace in the history of the Roman Empire, known as the Pax Romana.  Commodus accompanied his father during the Marcomannic Wars in 172, and on a tour of the Eastern provinces in 176. Later that year he became the youngest emperor and consul up to that point, at the age of 15.  During his solo reign, the Roman Empire enjoyed reduced military conflict compared with the reign of Marcus Aurelius.  He performed as a gladiator in the Colosseum.  Commodus's assassination in 192, by a wrestler in the bath, marked the end of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.  He was succeeded by Pertinax, the first emperor in the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors.

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A beautiful coin for the emperor of the award winning movie, The Gladiator. A handmade silver coin for Roman Emperor Commodus who ruled from 177-192 AD.