Denarius - Marcus Aurelius IMP VI COS III; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	171-172
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.3 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 262922
References	RIC III# 258 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.m_aur.258 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI

Translation:
Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Vicesima.
Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the 26th time.

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and palm, sloped up by left shoulder, in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP VI COS III

Translation:
Imperator Sextum, Consul Tertium.
Supreme commander (Imperator) for the sixth time, consul for the third time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 3.21–3.35 g;

Example of this type:
Münzsammlung des Seminars für Alte Geschichte, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (171-172)

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