RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1198

Typological Description

• Date Range

  • From Date: AD 176
  • To Date: AD 177
• Object Type: Coin
• Manufacture: Struck
• Denomination: Dupondius
• Material: Bronze

• Authority

  • Authority: Marcus Aurelius

• Geographic

  • Mint: Rome
  • Region: Italy

• Obverse

  • Legend: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI
  • Type: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, radiate, draped, cuirassed, right
  • Portrait: Marcus Aurelius

• Reverse

  • Legend: IMP VIII COS III FELICITATI AVG P P S C
  • Type: Galley with five rowers, facing right; on the stern, Neptune, standing right, his foot on a rock, holding trident and dolphin or aplustre
  • Deity: Neptune