Aureus - Commodus GEN AVG FELIC COS VI, Genius

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 190-191
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.2 g
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#227A, OCRE#ric.3.com.227A
Obverse description Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus, Pater Patriae. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons, father of the nation.)
Reverse description Genius, half-draped, standing left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over lit altar and holding cornucopiae in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering GEN AVG FELIC COS VI
(Translation: Genio Augusti Felicis. Consul Sextum. Genius of the happy emperor (Augustus). Consul for the sixth time.)
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Mintage ND (190-191) - -
Numisquare ID 2097556140
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