denarius, Roman Empire, Aurelius and Verus, 161 CE

Date161 CE

Emperor Marcus Aurelius and L. Verus

CultureRoman

MediumSilver

DimensionsCoin Dimensions: 1.75 cm, 3.32 g

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968

On View

Not on view

PeriodRoman Empire

Classification(s)

Coins and Medals

Denomination

Denarius

Language

Latin

Minting Location

Rome

Region

Italy

Obverse Description

The bare head of Divus Antoninus is facing right, and DIVUS ANTONINUS is inscribed around.

Obverse Expanded

DIVUS ANTONINUS

Obverse Legend

DIVUS ANTONINUS

Obverse Translated

Divine Antoninus

Reverse Description

There is a pyre of four tiers, all decorated with garlands and statues. There is a quadriga facing, on the top of the pyre, and there is a door on the second level of the pyre. CONSECRATIO is inscribed around.

Reverse Expanded

CONSECRATIO

Reverse Legend

CONSECRATIO

Reverse Translated

Consecration

BibliographyBMCRE, Aurelius and Verus, 57; Ewald, Bjorn C, and Norena, Carlos F., The Emperor and Rome (Cambridge: University Press, 2010), repr. p. 292, fig. 11.2.

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