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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cobbler, post: 3183527, member: 97497&quot;]Back on line after a busy couple of days, and there was me thinking that this coin would be an easy one to flesh out!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve learned several things from this.&nbsp; I hadn&#039;t realised that someone, in this case Marcus Aurelius, could be Caesar before becoming emperor and could issue coins with his portrait under the authority of the sitting emperor, in this case Antoninus Pius, who was it seems his father-in-law and who had adopted him (which I presume means nominated MA to succeed him, which he did in 161 CE).&nbsp; Was this normal practice for the issue of coins, as I see several instances of &#039;adopted by&#039; in the listings of emperors? And what&#039;s the distinction between &#039;Caesar&#039; and &#039;Augusta&#039; in Doug Smith&#039;s post?</p><p><br /></p><p>A few observations on my part.&nbsp; In full daylight I can&#039;t see any evidence of a blue cast and the coin is definitely more of a bronze colour, not yellow enough for it to be brass. I don&#039;t know enough about orichalcum to comment on its colour. </p><p><br /></p><p>Re the British Museum coin - weight 12.82g; mine is 16g (as weighed on scales at the Post Office).&nbsp;&nbsp; The obverse legend on mine has Caesar split between CA and ESAR whereas on the BM one it is split between CAE and SAR.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I think this is where we have ended up but please correct me if I&#039;m wrong:</p><p><br /></p><p>As or Dupondius of Marcus Aurelius, struck as Caesar under Antoninus Pius</p><p>Obverse: Undraped bust of Marcus Aurelius right</p><p>AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL</p><p>Reverse: Salus standing left, feeding snake in arms and leaning on column</p><p>TR POT VIII (COS II worn off), S-C across field</p><p>Date: 153-154 AD.</p><p>Mint: Rome</p><p>RIC3 1319</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve hesitated over metal so I&#039;m going to say ?bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>Over to you experts![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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