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

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	162-163
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# 263166
References	RIC III# 492 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.492 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP L VERVS AVG

Translation:
Imperator Lucius Verus Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Lucius 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 III COS II

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

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (162-163)

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