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Aureus - Commodus TR P II COS P P DE SARM

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 177
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
263313
References RIC III# 635
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.635
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP L AVREL COMMODVS AVG GERM SARM

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

Reverse

Pile of arms: cuirass, shields, spears and other arms.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P II COS P P DE SARM

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul, Pater Patriae, Devictus Sarmatis.
Holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul, father of the nation, conquered the Sarmatians.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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