Sestertius - Commodus P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C; Janus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Commodus (Lucius Aurelius Commodus) (177-192)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	186
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	25.5 g
Diameter	31 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 265834
References	RIC III# 460 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.460 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Commodus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT

Unabridged legend: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus.

Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor, conqueror of the Britons.

Reverse

Janus, half-draped, standing front on low base, holding long sceptre nearly vertical in right hand and resting left hand on hip, within a distyle shrine with curved roof.

Script: Latin

Lettering: P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C

Unabridged legend: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undecima, Imperator Septimum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum.

Translation: High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander for the seventh time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.

Mint

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See also

• Religious building
• Mythology

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