Aureus - Marcus Aurelius SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III; Salus
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 161-162 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7 g |
| Diameter | 19 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 262711 |
| References | RIC III# 54 Harold 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.m_aur.54Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: M ANTONINVS AVG
Translation:
Marcus Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding transverse sceptre in left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III
Translation:
Saluti Augustorum. Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Decima, Consul Tertium.
To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the 16th time, consul for the third time.
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Example of this type:
Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (CC BY-NC-SA)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Münzkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (CC BY-NC-SA)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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