Commodus. 40-as

Commodus; 177-192 AD, Rome, 190-191 AD, As, 10.90g. RIC-591, C-178. Obv: M COMM ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P, Laureate head right. Rx: HERC COMMODIANO P M TR P XVI COS VI S C, Hercules, nude, standing left, sacrificing from patera in right hand over altar and holding cornucopia in left hand; at left, tree on which hangs lionskin.This coin shows that towards the end of his reign, Commodus seems to have actually thought he was Hercules. gVF