Aureus - Commodus TR P V IMP III COS II P P, Victory

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 179-180
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#3, OCRE#ric.3.com.3
Obverse description Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering L AVREL COMMODVS AVG
(Translation: Lucius Aurelius Commodus, Augustus. Lucius Aurelius Commodus, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Victory, winged, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and palm, sloped over left shoulder, in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering TR P V IMP III COS II P P
(Translation: Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Imperator Tertium, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae. Holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the third time, consul for the second time, father of the nation.)
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Mintage ND (179-180) - -
Numisquare ID 8314511800
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