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Denarius - Commodus TR P VIII IMP VI COS IIII P P; Aequitas

Features

Issuer RomeRoman 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 2.9 g
Diameter 19 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
265230
References RIC III# 59
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.59
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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

Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae 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: 2.35–3.46 g;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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