Sestertius - Commodus VOTA SVSCEP DECEN P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P S C

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 184
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 17.1 g
Diameter 29.5 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#441a, OCRE#ric.3.com.441a
Obverse description Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus Pius. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious.)
Reverse description Commodus, veiled, togate, standing left, sacrificing over tripod from patera in right hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering VOTA SVSCEP DECEN P M TR P VIIII IMP VII COS IIII P P S C
(Translation: Vota Suscepta Decennalia. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Nona, Imperator Septimum, Consul Quartum, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. Vows (prayers and sacrifices) undertaken for one decade of rule. High priest, holder of tribunician power for the ninth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (184) - -
Numisquare ID 5275099000
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