Sestertius - Commodus P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C, Pietas

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Issuer	Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year	192
Type	Standard circulation coin
Value	1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	21.3 g
Dimensions	30 mm
Thickness
Shape and Technique	Round (irregular) Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s)	RIC III#611, OCRE#ric.3.com.611, RCV II#5789

Obverse description	Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script	Latin
Obverse lettering	L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL (Translation: Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, the pious and fortunate emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description	Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, extending right hand to child and holding transverse sceptre in left hand; in field, star.
Reverse script	Latin
Reverse lettering	P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C (Translation: High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 17th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the seventh time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage	ND (192) - -
Catalog ID	3552851570
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