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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tejas, post: 7707664, member: 84905&quot;]Great OP coin, congratulations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius&#039; Denari are pretty common of course, so I the favorite from my collection is a less common historical type.</p><p><br /></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM // TR P XXXI IMP VIII COS III PP / DE GERM</p><p><br /></p><p>Date: December AD 176 to Autumn AD 177</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin marks the victory that ended the first Marcomannic war. The war had ended in AD 175, but the revolt of Avidius Cassius in 176 delayed the triumph which was held on 23.12.176.</p><p>The Marcomanni were a Germanic people that lived in what is now Czechia and Slovakia. Some historians thing that Marcus Aurelius waged these wars needlessly with significant military incompetence, at great cost to the Empire and with little long-term benefit.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1322339[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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