Denarius - Commodus TR P VIII IMP VI COS IIII P P; Roma and Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	183
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265228
References	RIC III# 57 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.57 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious.

Reverse

Roma, helmeted, draped, seated left, holding Victory in extended right hand and spear in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P VIII IMP VI COS IIII P P

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Octava, Imperator Sextum, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae.
Holder of tribunician power for the eighth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the sixth time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.22–3.55 g;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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