Denarius - Marcus Aurelius TR P XXXI IMP VIII COS III P P PAX AVG; Pax

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	176-177
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263040
References	RIC III# 370 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.370 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM

Translation:
Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Germanicus, Sarmaticus.
Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Germans, conqueror of the Sarmatians.

Reverse

Pax, draped, standing left, with torch in outstretched right hand setting fire to spoils on ground and holding cornucopiae in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P XXXI IMP VIII COS III P P PAX AVG

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Prima Tricesima, Imperator Octavum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Pax Augusti.
Holder of tribunician power for the 31st time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Peace of the emperor (Augustus).

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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ND (176-177)

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