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

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 187-188
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 23.9 g
Diameter 29 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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Reference(s) RIC III#514, OCRE#ric.3.com.514
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 XIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
(Translation: Hilaritas Augusti, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Tertia Decima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Joy of the emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the 13th 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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Mintage ND (187-188) - -
Numisquare ID 5604926130
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