Denarius - Marcus Aurelius TR P XXXIII IMP X COS III P P; Victory

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	179
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.8 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263075
References	RIC III# 405 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.405 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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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

Victory, winged, draped, standing left on globe, holding wreath in right hand and trophy, vertical at shoulder, in left hand.

Script: Latin

Lettering: TR P XXXIII IMP X COS III P P

Translation:
Tribunicia Potestate Tertia Tricesima, Imperator Decimum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae.
Holder of tribunician power for the 33st time, Supreme commander (Imperator) for the tenth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Mass varies: 2.786–2.83 g;

Example of this type:
Museu de Prehistòria de València

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
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