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

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 184-185
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#454B, OCRE#ric.3.com.454B
Obverse description Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering M COMMODVS ANT AVG P BRIT FELIX
(Translation: Marcus Commodus Antoninus, Augustus Pius Britannicus Felix. Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus), the pious, the conqueror of the Britons, the fortunate.)
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 X IMP VII COS IIII P P S C
(Translation: Vota Suscepta Decennalia. Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Decima, 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 tenth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the seventh time, consul for the fourth time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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Mintage ND (184-185) - -
Numisquare ID 3030739200
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