Quinarius Aureus - Augustus Victory

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 18 BC - 17 BC
Value 1 Gold Quinarius = 12​½ Denarii (25⁄2)
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 3.9 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
247537
References RIC I# 123,
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert A. G. 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).aug.123
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Augustus, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVGVST

Translation: Augustus.

Reverse

Victory, draped, standing front, head right, holding palm in right hand and trophy in left.

Mint

Colonia Patricia, Baetica, modern-day Córdoba, Spain

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (18 BC - 17 BC) 

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