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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roerbakmix, post: 4769554, member: 100731&quot;]My humble MA and LV:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161891[/ATTACH]</p><p>ROMAN IMPERIAL, Marcus Aurelius. Denomination: AR Denarius, minted: Rome, Italy; 163 AD</p><p>Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head right</p><p>Rev: TR P XX IMP IIII COS III, Victoria standing front, holding palm and fixing to a palm tree and shield inscribed VIC PAR</p><p>Weight: 2.77g; Ø:1.8mm. Catalogue: RIC III 163. Provenance: Ex private collection; acq.: 04-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1161892[/ATTACH] </p><p>ROMAN IMPERIAL, Lucius Verus. Denomination: AR Denarius, minted: Rome, Italy; 167-168 AD</p><p>Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX: Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right</p><p>Rev: TR P VIII IMP IIII COS III: Aequitas, draped, standing front, head left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopiae in left hand</p><p>Weight: 3.01g; Ø:17mm. Catalogue: RIC III 578. Provenance: Found in Ukraine; acq.: 12-2019</p><p><br /></p><p>The provenance of the last coin from Lucius Verus is interesting (if true). The seller bought a large hoard of relatively worn denari from the reign of Trajan to Commodus (that is, those where the coins offered for sale). So roughly c. 75 - 200 AD. According to the seller, they were found in Ukraine. Now I&#039;m not really knowledgeable on the Roman Imperial period, but I&#039;ve read somewhere that in the 3th century AD revolts in that region where bought of with early denari, instead of the debased antoniani which those rebels didn&#039;t accept. So, my inexpert opinion is that, apparently, this Lucius Verus denarius was in the Imperial treasure, waiting to be turned into a antonianus, but was then used to bribe some rebels in Ukraine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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