- Choice Fine Roman Empire AE Sestertius coin.
- Struck for Emperor Commodus at the Rome Mint.
- Dated TR P VI IMP IIII COS III = 181 CE.
- RIC 310 (rated as Scarce), approx. 31mm, 23.84g.
- Rarely depicted largess scene with the emperor and citizen.
- Certified by NGC to Ch F Strike 5/5 Surface 2/5.
- Obverse: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head of Emperor facing right.
- Reverse: TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P S C, in ex. LIB AVG IIII, Commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair on platform, attended by an officer; before him, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding coin dispenser in right hand and cornucopia in left hand; at left, citizen mounting right steps of platform.
- Liberalitas was the virtue of giving freely (from liber, "free"), hence generosity. On coins the personification of Liberalitas would be depicted as displaying largess to the Roman people.
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