As - Commodus FEL AVG TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P S C; Felicitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	181
Value	1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	13.1 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265632
References	RIC III# 320 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.320 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding caduceus in right hand and sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FEL AVG TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P S C

Translation:
Felicitas Augusti. Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae, Senatus Consultum.
The good fortune of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation, Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 11.08–16.763 g;

Example of this type:
Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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