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Aureus - Lucius Aelius TR POT COS II PIETAS, Pietas
| Issuer | Roman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 137 |
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| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed, draped bust of Lucius Aelius Caesar facing right, with distinctive thickly curled hair rendered in the Hadrianic style and a short, neatly trimmed beard. The figure is shown with a paludamentum (military cloak) fastened at the right shoulder by a fibula, the drapery visible at the lower truncation. The circumferential legend reads L AELIVS CAESAR, disposed left and right of the effigy, contained within a beaded border. The portrait is executed with fine high-relief modelling characteristic of the Rome Mint under Hadrian. |
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| Obverse lettering | L AELIVS CAESAR (Translation: Lucius Aelius Caesar. Lucius Aelius Caesar.) |
| Reverse description | The goddess Pietas stands facing left in full figure, draped in a long stola and palla, her right hand extended in a gesture of offering or supplication and her left hand at her side. To her right stands a small lighted altar upon which she appears to offer incense or a patera. The field legend TR POT COS II is disposed around the upper periphery, with PIETAS split horizontally across the central field to either side of the figure, all within a beaded border. The composition conveys the Roman virtue of dutiful reverence toward gods and family, a theme closely associated with Aelius Caesar's designation as Hadrian's heir. |
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