Aureus - Lucius Verus SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P II COS II, Salus

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 161-162
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#487, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.487
Obverse description Bust of Lucius Verus, bare-headed, draped, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG
(Translation: Imperator Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Lucius Aurelius Verus, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse description Salus, draped, standing front, head left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P II COS II
(Translation: Saluti Augustorum. Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Secundum. To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time.)
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Mintage ND (161-162) - -
Numisquare ID 1951655550
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