As - Commodus IOVI IVVENI P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C; Jupiter

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	188-189
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# 265921
References	RIC III# 535 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.535 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMM 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

Jupiter, nude, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at feet, eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IOVI IVVENI P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C

Translation:
Jovi Juveni. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta Decima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
Jupiter, the youth. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 14th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the fifth 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 (188-189)

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