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

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

Reverse: CONCORD 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: 6
Measurements
- Weight (in gr.): 3.46
- Diameter (in mm): 16.75

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 62
Citation: W. E. Metcalf, "The Tell Kalak Hoard and Trajan's Arabian Mint," ANSMN 20 (1975) 39-108.
Reference: BMC 216

Administrative History

Identifier: 1956.127.800
Department: Roman
Collection: American Numismatic Society

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 Coin of Marcus Aurelius, Rome, AD 162 - AD 163. 1956.127.800

Physical Description

Measurements

Typological Description

Authority

Geographic

Obverse

Reverse