Quinarius - Commodus TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	181-182
Value	1 Silver Quinarius = ½ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265201
References	RIC III# 35 (quinarius) 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.com.35_quinarius Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm sloped over left shoulder in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Septima, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
Holder of tribunician power for the seventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third 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
Undetermined
ND (181-182)

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