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Sestertius - Commodus P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C; Victory

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 192
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#
266010
References RIC III# 615
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.615
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL

Translation:
Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix.
Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, the pious and fortunate emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Commodus, standing in triumphal quadriga moving left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and being crowned by Victory; in field, star.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C

Translation:
Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Septima Decima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Septimum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 17th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the seventh time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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