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As - Commodus MVNIFICENTIA AVG TR P VIIII IMP VI COS IIII P P S C

Features

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
Weight 10.2 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
265792
References RIC III# 432
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.432
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS

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

Reverse

Elephant walking right (sometimes cuirassed).

Script: Latin

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

Translation:
Munificentia Augusti. Tribunicia Potestate Nona, Imperator Sextum, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
Munificence (generosity) of the emperor. 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

Mass varies: 8.277–11.123 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
ND (183-184) 

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