MARCUS AURELIUS AR DENARIUS
RIC 35, RSC 35, Choice Extremely Fine, 18.2mm, 3.10 grams, Rome Mint, Struck Circa. 161/162 C.E.
Obverse: IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG around bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right
Reverse: Concordia seated to left, holding patera in right hand and resting left elbow on statue of Spes, set on cornucopia, CONCORD AVG TR P XVI around, COS III in exergue
A SUPERLATIVE portrait on this lovely, toned denarius, struck at the beginning of the reign of Marcus Aurelius!
