RIC II Trajan 50 (aureus)
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Record status
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Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC II Trajan 50 (aureus). Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Trajan. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Gold
- Denomination
- Aureus
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Trajan
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Trajan, laureate, right with aegis
- Reverse
- Hercules, naked, standing front on low base, holding club downwards in right hand and lion-skin over left arm
- Obverse legend
- IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
- Reverse legend
- P M TR P COS IIII P P
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.2.tr.50_aureus
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