Aureus - Septimius Severus LAETITIA TEMPORVM

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Septimius Severus (Lucius Septimius Severus) (193-211)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	206
Value	1 Aureus = 25 Denarii
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Gold
Weight	7.20 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 269421
References	RIC IV.1# 274 (aureus) Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1936. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 4.1. Pertinax – Geta and Caracalla (AD 193–217). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.4.ss.274_aureus Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) , Calicó# 2469 Xavier Calicó; 2003. The Roman avrei. Áureo & Calicó, Barcelona, Spain (2 volumes).

Obverse

Head of Septimius Severus, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: SEVERVS PIVS AVG

Unabridged legend: Severus Pius Augustus

Translation: Severus, the pious emperor (Augustus)

Reverse

Vessel with sail raised, and gangway to ground; below, bird, lion, two tigers, stag, bull and tiger; above, four quadrigiae, moving left, two on each side of ship.

Script: Latin

Lettering: LAETITIA TEMPORVM

Unabridged legend: Laetitia temporum

Translation: Joyous times

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (206)

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