Aureus - Vespasian S P Q R P P OB C S
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Vespasian (Titus Flavius Vespasianus) (69-79)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 71 |
| Value | 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Weight | 7.4 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 250047 |
| References | RIC II.1# 1131 Ian Carradice, Theodore Vern Buttrey, Jr.; 2007. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.1. Vespasian – Domitian (AD 69–96) (Second revised edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Vespasian, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM TR P P P COS III
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Vespasianus Augustus Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Pater Patriae, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator) Caesar Vespasian, emperor (Augustus), high priest, holder of tribunician power, father of the nation, consul for the third time.
Reverse
Legend in three lines in oak-wreath.
Script: Latin
Lettering: S P Q R P P OB C S
Translation:
Senatus Populusque Romanus Patri Patriae, Ob Cives Servatos.
The senate and the Roman people to the father of the nation and saviour of the citizens.
Mint
Lugdunum, Gaul, modern-day Lyons, France (15 BC–AD 78; 196–197; 274-413)Comments
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