Aureus - Numerian VICTORIA AVGG or VICTORIAE AVGG; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Numerian (Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) (283-284) Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (283-285)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	283-284
Value	Aureus (25⁄2)
Currency	Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301)
Composition	Gold
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 298538
References	RIC V.2# 464d Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.5.car.464 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Numerian, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS P F AVG

Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerian, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, walking right, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VICTORIA AVGG or VICTORIAE AVGG
-/-//SMA

Translation:
Victoriae Duorum Augustorum.
To the victory of the two emperors (Augusti).

Mint

Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, Turkey

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (283-284)												"SMA" in exergue;

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