Aureus - Nerva IVSTITIA AVGVST, Justitia

€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
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC II#30 (aureus), OCRE#ric.2.ner.30_aureus
Obverse descriptionHead of Nerva, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P
(Translation: Imperator Nerva Caesar Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Supreme commander (Imperator) Nerva, Caesar, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.)
Reverse descriptionJustitia, draped, seated right on low backed chair, feet on stool, holding long straight sceptre in right and branch extended in left.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringIVSTITIA AVGVST
(Translation: Iustitia Augusta. Justice, the venerable.)
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MintageND (97)  - -
Catalog ID8900980510
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