Aureus - Nerva AEQVITAS AVGVST, Aequitas

€1.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year97
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionGold
Weight7.46 g
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC II#13 (aureus), OCRE#ric.2.ner.13_aureus
Obverse descriptionHead of Nerva, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P
(Translation: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the third time, father of the nation.)
Reverse descriptionAequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringAEQVITAS AVGVST
(Translation: Aequitas Augusti. Equity of the emperor.)
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MintageND (97)  - -
Catalog ID8191153890
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