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As - Commodus IMP CAES L AVREL COMMODVS GERM SARM

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 179
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 18.3 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
264334
References RIC III# 1618
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.1618
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES L AVREL COMMODVS GERM SARM

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Aurelius Commodus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians.

Reverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES L AVREL COMMODVS GERM SARM

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Aurelius Commodus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 10.51–23.76 g;

Example of this type:
Institute of Classics/University of Graz

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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