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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RaceBannon, post: 2210607, member: 25357&quot;]Another beautiful coin AJ.&nbsp; And&nbsp; a worthy topic of discussion.&nbsp; I&#039;ve attached a Marcus Aurelius Sestertius of mine with the dual centering marks on the reverse.&nbsp; I know there is still some debate around the exact method and purpose for the use of centering dots on ancient Roman coinage.&nbsp; So I&#039;ve attached some links for those who are interested.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dots/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dots/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/dots/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pit.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pit.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/pit.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b>;180AD&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>AE Sestertius;&nbsp; 30mm/26.5g</p><p>OBV:&nbsp; DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS; Bare head right</p><p>REV; CONSECRATIO, S C in exergue; Aurelius seated on eagle flying right, left leg wrapped around eagle&#039;s right wing, raising right hand &amp; cradling sceptre in left arm. Struck by Commodus after his death.&nbsp; (RIC 660, Sear 5984, Cohen 94)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]431833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]431834[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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