It represented ½ of an aureus and also half of its weight. Usually, these coins have circulated quite a bit and a good coin is not rare, like a VF. In some cases, like a rare emperor or a rare reverse, the coin can easily go over 10.000 $.

A normal value for this coin is around 3000-4000 $. Diocletian also minted some aureus around 5,4 gr. In the third century the weight was very different from emperor to emperor, in the context of the crisis. From the time of Septimius Severus and his son Caracalla the weight was around 6,5-7 gr. and from the second century AD to around 22 k of gold. On the other side, different scenes are presented.įrom the time of Nero, the weight drops from 64 AD to around 7.6-7,7 gr. On one side, the head of the emperor appears or, more rarely, a member of his family.

The republican pieces are usually rare.įrom Augustus, it was a gold coin of high purity, around 23 k, and a weight of 7.9-8 gr. It was first minted around 210 BC but it was an exotic coin, with a high value. Aureus - a coin made from gold, as its name states.