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Sestertius - Commodus FID EXERCIT P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 186
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#
265844
References RIC III# 468Aa
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.468Aa
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT

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

Reverse

Commodus, in military attire, standing left on platform, holding sceptre in right hand and haranguing three soldiers.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FID EXERCIT P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C

Translation:
Fides Exercitus. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undecima, Imperator, Septimum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
Loyalty of the army. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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