Commodus. Denarius

Commodus; 177-192 AD, Rome, 188/9 AD, Denarius, 2.39g. Cf. BM-233. Obv: M COMM ANT - P FEL AVG BRIT Head laureate r. Rx: [OPTIM]E MAXIME on l. and r., [C V P P] in exergue (off flan), Jupiter standing l. holding thunderbolt and spear with point downward, rather than his normal scepter; incuse image of obverse portrait upside down in reverse field from die clashing. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Flavian Logic, Nov. 2001.. EF