Denarius - Marcus Aurelius TR P XXXII IMP VIIII COS III P P; Roma and Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	177-178
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.2 g
Diameter	17.5 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263063
References	RIC III# 393 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.393 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG

Translation:
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus emperor (Augustus).

Reverse

Roma, helmeted, in military dress, seated left on cuirass and shields, holding Victory on extended right hand and parazonium in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P XXXII IMP VIIII COS III P P

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Secunda Tricesima, Imperator Nonum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
Holder of tribunician power for the 32nd time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the ninth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.96–3.414 g;

Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (177-178)

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