Sestertius - Commodus TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P S C; Hercules

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	183-184
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265762
References	RIC III# 409 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.409 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious.

Reverse

Hercules, nude, wearing lion skin draped over left arm, standing right, leanding on club and holding bow in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P S C

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Nona, Imperator Sextum, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
Holder of tribunician power for the ninth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the sixth time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

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 (183-184)

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