Dupondius - Commodus HERC ROM CONDITORI COS VII P P S C; Hercules

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	192
Value	1 Dupondius = ⅛ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 266027
References	RIC III# 629 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.629 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Commodus, radiate, draped with lion-skin, right; club.

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, as Hercules, ploughing left with two oxen.

Script: Latin

Lettering: HERC ROM CONDITORI COS VII P P S C

Translation:
Hercules Romae Conditori, Consul Septimum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
Hercules, founder of Rome, consul for the seventh time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (192)

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