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Aureus - Augustus CIVIB ET SIGN MILIT A PART RECVP

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Augustus (Caius Octavius) (27 BC - 14 AD)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 18 BC - 17 BC
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 6.8 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
247546
References RIC I# 131
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham, Carol Humphrey Vivian Sutherland, Robert Andrew Glendinning Carson; 1984. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 1. Augustus – Vitellius (31 BC–AD 69) (1923 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.1(2).aug.131
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Augustus, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: S P Q R IMP CAESARI AVG COS XI TR POT VI

Translation:
Senatus Populusque Romanus Imperatori Caesari Augusti Consuli Undecimi Tribunicia Potestate Sexta.
The senate and the Roman people to supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Augustus, consul for the eleventh time, holder of tribunician power for the sixth time.

Reverse

Triumphal arch surmounted by quadriga, figures to the right and left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CIVIB ET SIGN MILIT A PART RECVP

Translation:
Civibus Et Signis Militaribus a Parthis Recuperatis.
Citizens and military ensigns recovered from the Parthians.

Mint

Colonia Patricia, Baetica, modern-day Córdoba, Spain

Comments

Mass varies: 3.64–7.9 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (18 BC - 17 BC) 

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