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As - Commodus SALVS AVG TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P S C; Salus

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 181-182
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 11.1 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
265672
References RIC III# 342
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.342
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

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVS AVG TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P S C

Translation:
Salus Augusti. Tribunicia Potestate Septima, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
Health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the seventh 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: 10.85–11.35 g;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (181-182) 

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