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Aureus - Trajan BASILICA VLPIA

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 112-114
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Weight 7.3 g
Diameter 19.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
253149
References RIC II# 248
Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
, OCRE# ric.2.tr.248
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, right (sometimes draped).

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP TRAIANVS AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P

Unabridged legend: Imperator Traiano Augustus, Germanicus, Dacicus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribunicia Potestate, Consul Sextum, Pater Patriae.

Translation: Supreme commander, of Trajan, emperor, conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, high priest, holder of tribunician power, consul for the sixth time, father of the nation.

Reverse

Basilica of Trajan.

Script: Latin

Lettering: BASILICA VLPIA

Translation: Basilica Ulpia.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 7.2–7.32 g;
Diameter varies: 19–20 mm;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (112-114) 

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