Aureus - Marcus Aurelius SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII COS III; Salus

Features

Issuer	Roman Empire (Rome)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Years	162-163
Value	Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.2 g
Diameter	18.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 262735
References	RIC III# 77, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (1930 reprinted edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. OCRE# ric.3.m_aur.77 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP M ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Marcus Antoninus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding vertical sceptre in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII COS III

Translation:
Saluti Augustorum. Tribunicia Potestate Septima Decima, Consul Tertium.
To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the 17th time, consul for the third time.

Mint

Comments

Mass varies: 6.57–7.33 g;
Diameter varies: 18.5–19 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

See also

• Reptile
• Health
• Mythology

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