Sestertius - Commodus HILARIT AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C, Hilaritas

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 186-187
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 21.6 g
Diameter 29 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#497, OCRE#ric.3.com.497
Obverse description
Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
M 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 description
Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and long palm, nearly vertical, in left hand.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
HILARIT AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
(Translation: Hilaritas Augusti, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Duoecima, Imperator, Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Joy of the emperor (Augustus), 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. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage
ND (186-187) - -
Numisquare ID
8395936100
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