Denarius - Commodus TR POT COS; Salus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	176
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.4 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263301
References	RIC III# 623 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.m_aur.623 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES L AVREL COMMODVS GERM SARM

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Lucius Aurelius Commodus, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians.

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT COS

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate, Consul.
Holder of tribunician power, consul.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Museu de Prehistòria de València

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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