OTHER BRITANNIC: Commodus (177-192), AR Denarius, issued 187. Rome, 2.77g, 18mm. Scarce.
Obv: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head right.
Rev: AVCT PIET P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P, Pietas standing facing, head turned left, dropping incense onto lighted altar, holding box in left arm.
RIC III 146, BMCRE 207; RSC 34.
From the James Pickering Romano-Britannic Collection (please see lot 122 for details); acquired by him for the British titulature in the obverse legend.
Lovely dark toning.
See lot 157 for the historical context.