RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1

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Record status

Individual type · research required

Period

AD 161

Issuing entity

Roman Empire

Maker / issuer

Rome (ancient mint)

Denarius in silver struck at Rome under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161, catalogued as RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1. Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right. Reverse: Concordia, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left elbow on statuette of Spes: under seat, a cornucopiae.. Weight, diameter, die axis and a rights-cleared photograph are not yet documented for this type record.

Physical characteristics

Material
Silver
Manufacture
Struck
Denomination
Denarius

Technical characteristics

Mint
Rome
Issuing authority
Marcus Aurelius

Design

Obverse type
Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right
Reverse type
Concordia, draped, seated left on low seat, holding patera in extended right hand and resting left elbow on statuette of Spes: under seat, a cornucopiae.
Obverse legend
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG
Reverse legend
CONCORD AVG TR P XV COS III

Identification

Type corpus record
https://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.m_aur.1
Catalogue reference
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1
Type corpus identifier
ric.3.m_aur.1

Catalogue references

Research required

  • Nominal weight not transcribed from a primary reference
  • Diameter and die axis not transcribed
  • Mint mark and officina detail not transcribed
  • No rights-cleared photograph identified yet
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