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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 25265308, member: 135271&quot;]I was recently able to acquire this coin for my ongoing Roman Imperial denarii collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1612035[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i>MARCUS AURELIUS, AD 161-180</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Denarius (18.15mm, 3.60g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 174. Rome mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII, laureate and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: IMP VII COS III, Victory seated left, holding patera and palm</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC III 303 var. (bust type), MIR 281-4/35</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Toned with an outstanding portrait. An extremely rare variant featuring a cuirassed bust.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin interested me for a few reasons: first, the overall style of the portrait and condition of the coin is of the highest quality; second, it is an extremely rare type, and unlisted in any reference catalog of which I am aware.</p><p><br /></p><p>The difference is in the bust type. RIC III no. 303 is the closest, but is listed for laureate only, whereas mine is laureate and cuirassed. Incidentally, I like the cuirassed bust style on these earlier denarii.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is one other specimen that matches mine, and that one was sold in 2008 as &#039;unique&#039;. I haven&#039;t been able to find any other matches, which I guess that makes mine possibly the second known specimen. Interestingly I don&#039;t think the two coins share a die.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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