Commodus. Rome, c.AD 180s. Brass dupondus. 26mm. 10.84g.Radiate bust right, M COMM ANT P FELIX AVG TR P V IMP IIII COS II PP SC. RCV 5839 variant (LIBERAL, not LIB). Good VF, smooth dark patina. SCARCE variant.                                                          Was £200. Now only £150

Commodus gave himself the title Britannicus after an uprising in northern Britain in the early 180s. Believing he was a reincarnation of Hercules, he fought wild beasts in the Colosseum and was strangled by athlete in 192.