Sestertius - Commodus P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C, Janus

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 186
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 25.5 g
Diameter 31 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#460, OCRE#ric.3.com.460
Obverse description Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus, the pious, the fortunate, emperor, conqueror of the Britons.)
Reverse description Janus, half-draped, standing front on low base, holding long sceptre nearly vertical in right hand and resting left hand on hip, within a distyle shrine with curved roof.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TR P XI IMP VII COS V P P S C
(Translation: High priest, holder of tribunician power for the eleventh time, supreme commander for the seventh time, consul for the fifth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (186) - -
Numisquare ID 4506510990
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