177-192 Ad Bronze Rome Ae As Laureate Head Commodus Coin Ngc Choice Xf

ANCIENT ROMAN EMPIRE (27 BC - 476 AD). REIGN OF THE EMPEROR COMMODUS (177-180 AD CO-EMPEROR WITH MARCUS AURELIUS) (180-192 AD AS SOLE EMPEROR). CERTIFIED BY NGC CHOICE EXTREMELY FINE STRIKE: 5/5 SURFACE: 3/5.

MARCUS AURELIUS COMMODUS ANTONINUS AUGUSTUS. (161-192) WAS CO-EMPEROR WITH HIS FATHER MARCUS AURELIUS UNTIL THE LATTER'S DEATH IN 180 AD. HE WAS AN ARBITRARY AND CAPRICIOUS RULER OF WHOM HIS CONTMEPORARY DIO CASSIUS WROTE THAT HE WAS TURNING ROME "FROM A KINGDOM OF GOLD TO ONE OF RUST AND IRON".

HE BECAME INCREASINGLY DICTATORIAL AND WAS HATED BY THE SENATE, SPENT LAVISH SUMS ON GLADIATORIAL SPORT (FASHIONING HIMSELF AS A GREAT GLADIATOR) AND AFTER SURVIVING A CONSPIRACY AGAINST HIM, HE BECAME PARANOID AS WELL. HE SURVIVED POISONING BY HIS MISTRESS ONLY TO BE STRANGLED IN HIS BATH BY A WRESTLING PARTNER. PLEASE BE PATIENT AS THIS IS A HARD TIME FOR EVERYONE AND PACKAGES ARE GETTING DELIVERED, JUST NOT IN THE NORMAL TIMEFRAME. We cannot declare any package as a "gift", "sample"etc. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins: Ancient\Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)".

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Ruler: Commodus
Denomination: AE AS
Composition: Bronze
Certification: NGC
Year: 177 AD
Grade: CHOICE XF
Certification Number: 6158617-011
Date: 177 AD