Sestertius - Commodus LIBERALITAS AVG P M TR P V IMP IIII COS III P P S C, Liberalitas

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 180
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#300e, OCRE#ric.3.com.300e
Obverse description Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Commodus, 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 script Latin
Reverse lettering LIBERALITAS AVG P M TR P V IMP IIII COS III P P S C
(Translation: Liberalitas, Augustorum, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. The liberality of the emperor, high priest, holder of tribunician power for the fifth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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Mintage ND (180) - -
Numisquare ID 7921867550
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