Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar

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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

BillJones

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.

CIVITAS

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.