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Aureus - Lucius Verus SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P II COS II; Salus

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 161-162
Value 1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Gold
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
263161
References RIC III# 488
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.488
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Lucius Verus, bare-headed, cuirassed, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Lucius Aurelius Verus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Lucius Aurelius Verus, emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Salus, draped, standing front, head left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P II COS II

Translation:
Saluti Augustorum. Tribunicia Potestate Secunda, Consul Secundum.
To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the second time, consul for the second time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (161-162) 

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