Denarius - Marcus Aurelius TR POT III COS II CLEM; Clementia

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Antoninus Pius (Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius) (138-161)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	148-149
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	17 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 260556
References	RIC III# 448B Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.3.ant.448B Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: AVRELIVS CAESAR ANTONINI AVG PII FIL

Translation:
Aurelius Caesar, Antonini Augusti Pii Filius.
[Marcus] Aurelius Caesar, son of emperor (Augustus) Antoninus Pius.

Reverse

Clementia, draped, standing front, head left, holding patera in extended right hand and fold of drapery in left at side.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR POT III COS II CLEM

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Tertia, Consul Secundum. Clementia.
Holder of tribunician power for the third time, consul for the second time. Clemency.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.93–3.53 g;

Example of this type:
Münzkabinett der Universität Göttingen

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (148-149)

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