Sestertius - Commodus LIBERAL AVG VI P M TR P XI IMP VIII COS V P P S C, Liberalitas

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IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year186
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
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Reference(s) RIC III#484, OCRE#ric.3.com.484
Obverse descriptionHead of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringM COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons.)
Reverse descriptionCommodus, 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.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringLIBERAL AVG VI P M TR P XI IMP VIII COS V P P S C
(Translation: Liberalitas Augustorum Sexta, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undecima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. The sixth liberality of the emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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MintageND (186)  - -
Catalog ID1494205890
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