Sestertius - Commodus NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C, Nobilitas

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 23 g
Diameter 30 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#501, OCRE#ric.3.com.501
Obverse description Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT (P D)
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus Britannicus. Primi Decennales. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Britons. The first decade.)
Reverse description Nobilitas, draped, standing right, holding sceptre in right hand and palladium in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII IMP VIII COS V P P S C
(Translation: Nobilitas Augusti, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Duoecima, Imperator, Octavum, Consul Quintum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. The nobility 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.)
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Mint
Mintage ND (186-187) - -
Numisquare ID 7136224610
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