Aureus - Augustus IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Traianus) (98-117)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	98-117
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.2 g
Diameter	19 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 253805
References	RIC II# 820 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1926. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2. Vespasian to Hadrian. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2.tr.820 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Divus Augustus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVVS AVGVSTVS

Unabridged legend: Divus Augustus

Translation: Augustus, the divine

Reverse

Aquila between two standards.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GER DAC P P REST

Unabridged legend: Imperator Caesar Traianus Augustus Germanicus Dacicus, Pater Patriae, Restituit

Translation: Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Trajan, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Dacians, father of the nation, has restored [this coin]

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 7.17–7.225 g;
Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (98-117)

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