Commodus. Struck AD 181-182 Rome Mint. Silver Denarius (17mm, 2.51 g)
Obv: Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG
Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).
Rev: Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LIB AVG V TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P
Translation:
Liberalitas Augustorum Quinta, Tribunicia Potestate Septima, Imperator, Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
The fifth liberality of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the seventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.
Toning on obverse
RIC III# 36aHarold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom., OCRE# ric.3.com.36a
Commodus. Struck AD 181-182 Rome Mint. Silver Denarius (17mm, 2.51 g)
Obv: Head of Commodus, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG
Translation:
Marcus Commodus Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus Commodus Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).
Rev: Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left hand.
Script: Latin
Lettering: LIB AVG V TR P VII IMP IIII COS III P P
Translation:
Liberalitas Augustorum Quinta, Tribunicia Potestate Septima, Imperator, Quartum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
The fifth liberality of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the seventh time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.
Toning on obverse
RIC III# 36aHarold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom., OCRE# ric.3.com.36a