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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar

I have owned several Marcus Aurelius coins over the years, but never once as him being Caesar, got his pretty cheap so I finally decided to had one.

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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar (139-161 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.
R: PIETAS AVG, sacrificial implements: knife, sprinkler, ewer, lituus and simpulum.
Rome Mint 140-144 A.D.
3.3g
20mm
RIC 424a[pius], RSC 451, BMCRE IV (A. Pius) 277, SRCV II 4786

Scarce

Comments

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 33,427 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 19, 2018 3:29PM

    I am starting to get into these coins. That one is interesting.

    Right now I'm just getting my feet wet with some of the lesser of the 12 Caesars.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭

    A nice example. Not easy to find as Caesar. I just got the bronze as of the same type as part of a small collection of Marcus Aurelius coins.

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    Josh Moran

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