Aureus - Commodus LIBERT P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P; Libertas
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 187-188 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.3 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 265392 |
| References | RIC III# 171 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.171Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT
Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons.
Reverse
Libertas, draped, standing front, head left, holding pileus in right hand and rod in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LIBERT P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P
Translation:
Libertas. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia Decima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae.
Freedom. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 13th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Trustees of the British Museum
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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