Aureus - Lucius Verus PAX AVG TR P VI COS II, Pax

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 165-166
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#558, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.558
Obverse description Bust of Lucius Aurelius, laureate, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
(Translation: Lucius Verus Augustus, Armeniacus, Parthicus Maximus. Lucius Verus, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Armenians, great conqueror of the Parthians.)
Reverse description Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive-branch downwards in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering PAX AVG TR P VI COS II
(Translation: Pax Augusti, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Consul Secundum. Peace of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, consul for the second time.)
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Mintage ND (165-166) - -
Numisquare ID 5478764140
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