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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-10-2005, 08:14 PM   #1 (permalink) Bonedigger Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 7,885 Marcus Aurelius Silver Denarius The Good Emperor 161-180. The copper I 'think' is also an Aurelius but it's so corroded and clipped that it's difficult to be sure. The portraits look alike. Bone Attached Thumbnails       10-10-2005, 09:41 PM   #2 (permalink) Glen warren Junior Member   Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: australia,vic Posts: 19 Going by the image I get the impression that the silver denarius is Marcus Aurelius and the Limes denarious (copper) is Antonius Pius.   10-11-2005, 06:57 PM   #3 (permalink) Mikjo0 Numismatist     Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fairfax,VA Posts: 2,321 bonedigger, you can go here http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/m...urelius/i.html and click on the thumbnails link and most likely find both of your coins pictured there.At first I thought they were not Aurelius because mine shows him as a young non-bearded man but on this page,you can see he is bearded in later life.Strangely,your coin portrait looks more like his son Commodus on my coin.Family resemblance. Attached Thumbnails     10-11-2005, 07:08 PM   #4 (permalink) Mikjo0 Numismatist     Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fairfax,VA Posts: 2,321 Here is an example that is very close,possibly identical to yours. The clue was the reverse TRP XX IMP IIII COS III.This places the coin in a particular year of Aurelius' reign. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s4915.html   10-11-2005, 07:56 PM   #5 (permalink) Bonedigger Numismatist     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 7,885 Thanks for the info Would you believe I cleaned those babies myself! All except for the Alexander and the Trajan Decius. I have a seller in Greece who contacts me when he gets a load of ancients. They ain't cheap, sometimes $5.00 a coin, but cleaning them is worth it. I've traded him souvenirs (Rank Insignia, Coffee Cups, BDU Floppy Hats, etc.) from the military base near here. You should see the Michael IV Byzantine Follis I have, it's simply beautiful. The Christ figure is clear and you can even make out the facial features. Bone   10-12-2005, 11:42 AM   #6 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 I would call $5 a coin very cheap indeed! My Septimus Severus denarius cost me £48. (c.$84). __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   10-12-2005, 06:22 PM   #7 (permalink) Mikjo0 Numismatist     Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fairfax,VA Posts: 2,321 Sylvester, I asked this on another thread but I guess you didn't see it.I didn't know you collected Romans.What do you have? any specialties?   10-13-2005, 02:42 PM   #8 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 That's cos i've only just started with them! Currently i'm favouring the denarii more than anything. Alot of people try and collect by Emperor, but i've decided to collect them by gods rather than Emperor, this does not include personifications though. Although of course i wouldn't turn down a notorious emperor if one turns up. I know where there's a Nero aureus with Jupiter on the reverse! (Very expensive though!) __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Lost Roman Emperor found on coin in Britain | Can anyone ID this for me? » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post New process for Silver coins rggoodie Coin Chat 16 01-06-2010 03:33 PM Marcus Aurelius x 2... Bonedigger World & Ancient Coins 6 11-11-2007 01:30 PM Marcus Aurelius Dumanyu World & Ancient Coins 9 06-22-2006 08:35 PM E-Bay Silver American Eagle PCGS MS69 Lot Of 117 & A Laptop End 8/26 bigd349 Auction Listings 0 08-27-2005 02:47 PM usa stocks of silver completely depleted the_highlander US Coins Forum 7 12-17-2004 07:04 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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