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As - Lucius Verus FORT RED TR POT III COS II S C; Fortuna

Features

Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 162-163
Value 1 As = 1⁄16 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 10.7 g
Diameter 26.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
264064
References RIC III# 1351
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.1351
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Lucius Verus, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG

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

Reverse

Fortuna, draped, seated left on low seat, holding rudder set on globe in right hand and cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: FORT RED TR POT III COS II S C

Translation:
Fortuna Redux. Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul Secundum. Senatus Consultum.
Fortune that brings back (the emperor in safety), holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul for the second time. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 7.52–13.89 g;
Diameter varies: 25.57–27 mm;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (162-163) 

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