Quinarius - Commodus P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P, Mars

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 186-187
Type Standard circulation coin
Value Silver Quinarius = 1/2 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Silver
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#142, OCRE#ric.3.com.142
Obverse description Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons.)
Reverse description Mars, helmeted, nude, advancing right, holding spear in right hand and trophy sloped over left shoulder in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Duoecima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the twelfth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation.)
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Mintage ND (186-187) - -
Numisquare ID 4319569050
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