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

As - Commodus (P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P S C; Hercules) - obverseAs - Commodus (P M TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P S C; Hercules) - reverse

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 183-184
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
265781
References RIC III# 424
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.424
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius, Britannicus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious, conqueror of the Britons.

Reverse

Hercules, nude, standing front, head right, right hand set on hip, and resting left arm on club wraped in lion-skin and set on rock.

Script: Latin

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

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Nona, Imperator Sextum, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
High priest, 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)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (183-184) 

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