Aureus - Commodus TR P IIII IMP III COS II P P; Roma

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	179
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263338
References	RIC III# 660 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.3.m_aur.660 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: L AVREL COMMODVS AVG

Translation:
Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Augustus.
Lucius Aurelius Commodus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Roma, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding spear in right hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P IIII IMP III COS II P P

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Quarta, Imperator Tertium, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae.
Holder of tribunician power for the fourth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the third time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (179)

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