Aureus - Numerian VIRTVS AVGG; Hercules
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Numerian (Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus) (283-284)
Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (283-285) |
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 283-284 |
| Value | Aureus (25⁄2) |
| Currency | Antoninianus, Reform of Caracalla (AD 215 – 301) |
| Composition | Gold |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 298539 |
| References | RIC V.2# 465b 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 Numerian, laureate, draped, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS P F AVG
Translation:
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerianus Pius Felix Augustus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerian, the pious, the fortunate, emperor (Augustus).
Reverse
Hercules, standing right, leaning on club with lion's skin on rock.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
VIRTVS AVGG
-/-//SMA
Translation:
Virtus Augustorum.
Courage of the emperors (Augusti).
Mint
Antioch on the Orontes, Syria, modern-day Antakya, TurkeyComments
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (283-284) | "SMA" in exergue; | ||||||||||||||
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