American Numismatic Society: Silver Denarius of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, AD 163

Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG IMP II - Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right

Reverse: CONCORD AVG TR P XVIII| COS III - Concordia, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left elbow on statuette of Spes, which seems to rest on cornucopiae.

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 3.52
- Diameter (in mm): 18

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 163 - AD 164
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Marcus Aurelius
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Marcus Aurelius
Reverse
- Deity: Concordia
- Deity: Spes

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: Larnaka, Cyprus, 1911

References

Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 87
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "A Roman Hoard from Cyprus," NC 7th set. 19 (1979) 25-34.
Reference: BMC 242

Administrative History

Identifier: 1911.23.297
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society
ImageSponsor: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University

Subjects

Series: RIC.1.3

Rights

CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
License: Public Domain Mark (images)
Rights: No Copyright - United States

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Silver Denarius of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, AD 163 - AD 164 1911.23.297

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Authority

Geographic

Obverse

Reverse