Aureus - Septimius Severus MONETA AVGG; Moneta

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	198-202
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# 269835
References	RIC IV.1# 510B 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.510B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Septimius Severus, laureate, draped, cuirassed, 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

Moneta, draped, seated left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: MONETA AVGG

Translation:
Moneta Augustorum.
The mint of the emperors (Augusti).

Mint

Laodicea ad Mare, Syria, modern-day Latakia, Syria

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (198-202)

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