Denarius - Augustus OB CIVES SERVAT

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Period	Civil War (68-69)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	68-69
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.6 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 248521
References	RIC I# 102 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.1(2).cw.102 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , BMC RE# 52 British Museum (publisher). Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (6 volumes).

Obverse

Head of Augustus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVSTVS DIVI F

Unabridged legend: Augustus Divi Filii

Translation: Augustus, son of the divine

Reverse

Legend within oak-wreath.

Script: Latin

Lettering: OB CIVES SERVAT

Unabridged legend: Ob Cives Servatos

Translation: For saving the citizens

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (68-69)

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