Aureus - Trajan

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) (117-138)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	117-118
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.27 g
Diameter	19.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 256898
References	RIC II.3# 2454 Richard Anthony Abdy, Peter Franz Mittag; 2019. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 2.3. Hadrian (AD 117–138) (1926 revised Edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.2_3(2).hdn.2454 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Series: Consecration

Obverse

Bust of Trajan, laureate, draped, right, viewed from rear or side.

Script: Latin

Lettering: DIVO TRAIANO PARTH AVG PATRI

Unabridged legend: Divo Traiano Parthicus, Augusti Patri.

Translation: To the divine Trajan, conqueror of the Parthians, father of the emperor.

Reverse

Phoenix, radiate and nimbate, standing right on laurel branch.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source: Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE) Automatically translated

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (117-118)

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