American Numismatic Society: Silver Denarius of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, AD 162

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

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

Physical Description

Axis: 12
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 3.45
- Diameter (in mm): 18

Typological Description

Date Range: AD 162 - AD 163
Object Type: Coin
Manufacture: Struck
Denomination: Denarius
Material: Silver
Authority
- Authority: Marcus Aurelius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Geographic
- Mint: Rome
- Region: Italy
Obverse
- Portrait: Marcus Aurelius
- - Dynasty: Nerva-Antonine Dynasty
  - State: Roman Empire
Reverse
- Deity: Concordia
- Deity: Spes

Findspot Description

Findspot

Findspot: "Tell Kalak", Jordan, 1956

References

Reference: RIC III Marcus Aurelius 64
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 209v

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.127.1904
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 162 - AD 163 1956.127.1904

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Authority

Geographic

Obverse

Reverse