177 AD., Commodus, Rome mint, Sestertius, RIC 1570.

Commodus, Sestertius, mint of Rome, 177 AD.
Obv.: IMP L AVREL COMMO - DVS AVG GERM SARM , laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of a young Commodus right
Rev.: [TR P II ] COS P P / S - C / DE GERMANIS , pile of arms.
RIC 1570 (Marcus Aurelius) ; C. 79 ; BMC 1655-8

Struck in the year after and commemorating the first Marcomannic War, a devastating event which threated not only the Danubian provinces, but Italy itself - the great city of Aquileia being besieged. During this 177 issue, Marcus and Commodus returned Rome after visiting the East (where Cassius' revolt took place); Commodus was raised to the rank of Augustus, and a new war against the germanic tribes was to be started, targeting the creation of new provinces in todays Bohemia and upper Hungary.