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Aureus from the reign of Valerian (struck 255-256)
Nec mora, cōnsēdit mediō sublīmis Olympō aureā purpureō cōnspicienda sinū.
no delay, she took her seat on high in the midst of Olympus: magnificent, conspicuous in her purple garment. (Refers to the goddess Maiestas, Majestas, or Majesty.)
“aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“aureus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
"aureus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
aureus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“aureus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
aureus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
“aureus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
