★ Commodus as Hercules ★

Commodus (179-192), AR Denarius, issued 192. Rome, 2.7g, 17mm.
Obv: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, Commodus head right wearing a lionskin headdress in imitation of Hercules and Alexander the Great.
Rev: HER-CVL RO-MAN AV-GV, on either side of the club of Hercules, all within a wreath.
RIC 251, C 190, BMC 339.
From the zumbly collection.
An affordable example of this popular type.