RIC I (second edition) Augustus 539
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC I (second edition) Augustus 539. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Augustus. Mint: Uncertain value. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Uncertain value
- Authority
- Augustus
Design
- Obverse
- Youthful head right, in oak-wreath
- Reverse
- Candelabrum ornamented with rams' heads and surmounted by crescent, within wreath entwined with bucrania and paterae
- Obverse legend
- CAESAR
- Reverse legend
- AVGVST
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.1(2).aug.539
Research required
- Editorial verification required.
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