Denarius - Commodus P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	185
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265327
References	RIC III# 122Bc 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.122Bc 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: M COMM ANT AVG P BRIT FEL

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius Britannicus Felix.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious, the conqueror of the Britons, the fortunate.

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undecima, Imperator Septimum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time, consul for the fifth 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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