Aureus - Commodus LIBERALITAS AVG VII; Liberalitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	184-189
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265433
References	RIC III# 202Bd 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.202Bd Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P

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

Reverse

Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIBERALITAS AVG VII

Translation:
Liberalitas Augusti Septima.
The seventh liberality of the emperor (Augustus).

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 (184-189)

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