Sestertius - Commodus FID EXERCIT P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 186
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#468D, OCRE#ric.3.com.468D
Obverse description Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMMODVS ANT AVG P BRIT FELIX
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus, Augustus Pius Britannicus Felix. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious, the conqueror of the Britons, the fortunate.)
Reverse description Commodus, in military attire, standing left on platform, holding sceptre in right hand and haranguing six soldiers.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering FID EXERCIT P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C
(Translation: Fides Exercitus. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Undecima, Imperator, Septimum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Loyalty of the army. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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Mintage ND (186) - -
Numisquare ID 7649014150
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