Aureus IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST, Jupiter and Vesta

€1.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year98-117
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#825, OCRE#ric.2.tr.825
Obverse descriptionBust of Jupiter, laureate, left; palm front.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringI O M CAPITOLINVS
(Translation: Iovi Optimo Maximo Capitolinus. Jupiter, the best and the greatest, on the Capitoline Hill.)
Reverse descriptionVesta seated left, holding patera in right hand and torch in left.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringIMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST
(Translation: Imperator Caesar Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, Pater Patriae, Restituit. Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, father of the nation, has restored [this coin].)
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MintageND (98-117)  - -
Catalog ID6152281610
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