Sestertius - Commodus P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C, Serapis, Isis, and Victory

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 192
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 27.7 g
Diameter 32 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
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In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#614Ad, OCRE#ric.3.com.614Ad
Obverse description Bust of Commodus, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL
(Translation: Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix. Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, the pious and fortunate emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Commodus, togate, standing left, being crowned by Victory, and clasping right hands with Serapis, standing right, with Isis, holding sistrum, standing behind him; in center, lit altar.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P S C
(Translation: Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Septima Decima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Septimum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the 17th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the seventh time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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Mint
Mintage ND (192) - -
Numisquare ID 1452275190
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