Antoninianus - Magnia Urbica VENVS GENETRIX; Venus
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Empress |
Magnia Urbica (282-284)
|
| Emperor |
Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (283-285)
Numerian (Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) (283-284) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 283-285 |
| Value | Antoninianus (1) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 4.1 g |
| Diameter | 22.0 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 298417 |
| References | RIC V.2# 350 Percy H. Webb, Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 1933. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 5.2. Marcus Aurelius Probus – Maximian (AD 276–310). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Bust of Magnia Urbica, diademed, draped, right on crescent.
Script: Latin
Lettering: MAGNIAE VRBICAE AVG
Translation:
Magniae Urbicae Augustae.
Of venerable Magnia Urbica.
Reverse
Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right hand and sceptre in left hand; at foot, Cupid, extending hands to Venus.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VENVS GENETRIX
-/A//SMSXXI
Translation:
Venus Genetrix.
Mother Venus.
Mint
Siscia, modern-day Sisak, CroatiaComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (283-285) | "A" in right field; "SMSXXI" in exergue; | ||||||||||||||
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