Sestertius - Commodus LIB AVG IIII TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P S C; Liberalitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	181
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	28 g
Diameter	33 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265612
References	RIC III# 310b 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.310b Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Commodus, laureate, drapery on left shoulder, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair on platform, attended by an officer; before him, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding tessera in right hand and corncuopiae in left hand; at left, citizen mounting right steps of platform.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LIB AVG IIII TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P S C

Translation:
Liberalitas Augusti Quarta, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.
The fourth liberality of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (181)

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