Silver Denarius of Emperor Commodus - C.5161Origin:
MediterraneanCirca: 180 AD to 192 ADCollection:
NumismaticsStyle: RomanMedium: Silver.Lucius Aelius Aurelius
Commodus was born on August 31, 161 A.D. to the Emperor Marcus
Aurelius and Faustina Junior. Of their thirteen children, he was
the only boy to survive early childhood, thus making him the
logical heir to the throne. He was appointed as Caesar at the
age of five and was officially presented to the army at the age
of twelve in 173 A.D. Two years later, young Commodus was named
Princeps Ivventis and coopted in the college of priests. Next,
he accompanied his father on a victorious military campaign
against the Germans and the Sarmatians. In 177 A.D., the title
of Augustus was bestowed upon him and he was lofted to the
position of co-ruler alongside his father. That same year, he
was married to Crispina, the daughter of one of the dutiful
generals on the Sarmatian campaign. The next year, Commodus
embarked upon another German campaign that ended with a f