Aureus - Marcus Aurelius TR P XXIX IMP VIII COS III; Felicitas

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	175
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.5 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263001
References	RIC III# 332 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.3.m_aur.332 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM

Translation:
Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus.
Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians.

Reverse

Felicitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding caduceus in right hand and vertical sceptre in left.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P XXIX IMP VIII COS III

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Nona Vicesima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Tertium.
Holder of tribunician power for the 29th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the third time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Example of this type:
Trustees of the British Museum

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (175)

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