Aureus - Marcus Aurelius SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVIII COS III, Salus

€2.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year163-164
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 III#99, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.99
Obverse descriptionBust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP M ANTONINVS AVG
(Translation: Imperator Marcus Antoninus Augustus. Supreme commander (Imperator), Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus, emperor (Augustus).)
Reverse descriptionSalus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding transverse sceptre in left hand.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringSALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVIII COS III
(Translation: Saluti Augustorum. Tribunicia Potestate Octava Decima, Consul Tertium. To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the 18th time, consul for the third time.)
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MintageND (163-164)  - -
Catalog ID6497879620
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