Aureus - Septimius Severus VICTORIAE AVGG FEL; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	197-200
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269237
References	RIC IV.1# 144B (aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ss.144B_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX

Translation:
Lucius Septimius Severus Augustus, Imperator Undecimum, Parthicus Maximus.
Lucius Septimius Severus, emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the eleventh time, great conqueror of the Parthians.

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, flying left, holding wreath in both hands over shield set on low base.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICTORIAE AVGG FEL

Translation:
Victoriae Augustorum. Felicitas.
To the victory of the emperors (Augusti). Good fortune.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (197-200)

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