Sestertius - Commodus LIBERT AVG P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C, Libertas

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 188-189
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#526, OCRE#ric.3.com.526
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 Libertas, draped, standing left, holding pileus in extended right hand and rod in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering LIBERT AVG P M TR P XIIII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
(Translation: Libertas Augusti, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Quarta Decima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Freedom of the emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the 14th 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 (188-189) - -
Numisquare ID 4761088240
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