Watch List notes:

Commodus. A.D. 177-192. AR denarius (17.5 mm, 2.74 g, 5 h). Rome mint, Struck A.D. 192. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head right / P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P, Fides standing left, holding standard and cornucopia, star left. RIC 233; BMCRE 317; RSC 583a. VF/F, scarce. 

The presence of the star on some coins issued late in Commodus' reign is referred to in BMC merely as a good omen, however Herodian records that a comet appeared at that time.