Marcus Aurelius - born April 26, 121

1898 years ago today ... please share your coins of Marcus Aurelius..


As Caesar:




Roman Imperial AE as. Marcus Aurelius
Obv: depicts bare headed bust of young Marcus Aurelius facing right,
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII.
Rev: sacrificial instruments for priest, knife sprinkler jug lituus and simpulum. SC in exergue. Struck under Antoninus Pius



As Augustus:





Marcus Aurelius (161-80 AD), brass sestertius, Rome mint, struck 164 AD, 33mm

Obv: Laureate head of mature Aurelius r., M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS PM
Rev: Mars standing r., holding spear and resting hand on shield, TRP XVIII IMP II COS III / S-C
Reference: RIC 861

 

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Happy Birthday Marcus!

Here's my drachm of Alexandria, as Caesar

Type: AE Drachm, 33mm, 22.95 grams

Obverse: Bare headed and draped bust of Aurelius right
M AVPHLIOC KAICAP

Reverse: Elpis Standing left holding flower and hitching skirt
LEND EKATOV

Reference: BMC 1238 listed as "rare" by R.A. Numismatics

 

HB Marcus, you ole philosopher king you!

 

Shame about the green patina flaking off this provincial coin--lost a lot of detail:

Provincial Bronze (AE26)
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum, before A.D. 161
Obv: AVPHΛIOC OVHPOC KAICAP
Rev: NEIKOΠOΛEITΩNΠPOC IC - Serapis, standing left, holding scepter and sacrificing with patera over altar.
Unlisted in Moushmov or RPC; unpublished?
26mm, 11.0g.

 

Cool posts, everyone. I almost pulled the trigger on a Marcus Aurelius coin a couple of months ago, but my wife is keeping a close watch on my coin purchases. Still waiting to get one.

I'm in the middle of reading his "Meditations." Should have bought the paper copy instead of reading it on my Nook. I'm old school, really like to mark up my books instead of digitally trying to find a passage.

Steve

 

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Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, Laureate head right.
R: TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III, Roma standing left holding Victory and spear.
3.5g
19.38mm
RIC 352; RSC 929a; BMC 669

Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: Μ ΑVΡΗ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟС С Laurete head left wearing cuirass and paludamentum.
R: Tyche seated left, wearing kalathos, resting hand on rudder, holding cornucopia; in left field, Year Δ = Year 4 (163/4 A.D.)
21mm
12.98g
Emmett 2085 Dattari 3393


Marcus Aurelius (139 - 161 A.D.)
Egypt, Alexandria
Billon Tetradrachm
O: M AYRHLIOC KAICAR, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right.
R: Homonoia standing left by altar, holding patera and double cornucopiae. LI-Z across fields.
Year 17 (of Antoninus Pius), 153-154 A.D.
12.81g
21mm
Dattari 3150; Emmett 1850; Kampmann 37.67


Marcus Aurelius (161 - 180 A.D.)
AR Denarius
O: M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right.
R:TR P XXXIIII IMP X COS III P P, Victory standing left on globe, holding wreath with her right hand, cradling trophy with her left arm.
Rome mint. Struck 180 A.D.
3.14g
19mm
RIC III 411 var. (bust type); BMCRE 808; MIR 18, 463-4/37; RSC 975a.

 

Definitely a character I want to add to my collection!

 

MARCUS AURELIUS



RI MARCUS AURELIUS AR Den as Caesar TR POT VI COS II - Genius stg at altar hldg standard

 

MARCUS AURELIUS
Billon Tetradrachm. 12.86g, 24.5mm. EGYPT, Alexandria, RY 13 of Antoninus Pius (AD 149/150). Dattari (Savio) 3185 (this coin); Emmett 1868.13 (R4); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 169 (this coin); RPC Online temp #14367 (4 ex, this coin cited). O: M AVPHΛIC • KAICAP, bareheaded and draped bust right. R: Zeus (‘Jupiter Capitolinus’) enthroned left, holding phiale in his extended right hand and scepter with his left; at his feet, eagle standing left, head right, wings closed; L IΓ (date) across upper field.
Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection; ex Dr. Piero Beretta Collection; ex Giovanni Dattari Collection

DIVUS MARCUS AURELIUS
AE Sestertius. 25.61g, 31.9mm. Rome mint, AD 180, struck under Commodus. RIC 660. O: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right. R: CONSECRATIO, Eagle, carrying a thunderbolt in its talons, flying right, bearing aloft Marcus Aurelius, who holds a sceptre; S-C across fields.
Ex HD Rauch Summer Auction, 15 September 2008, lot 621

 

Great post. Reminds me I need to find one this year, to complement my Faustina II denarius.

 

MARCUS AURELIUS slug


RI Aurelius Marcus 161-180 AE Sestertius S-C

 

Happy Birthday, Marcus Aurelius. Just got this worn denarius from when he was a young Caesar with Spes on the reverse - I like how hopeful he looks:

 

One like the OP's example:
Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, 139-161 AD. Æ As (28mm, 10.74 gm, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, 140-144 AD. Obv: Bare head right. Rev: Implements of the augurate and pontificate: secespita, aspergillum, guttus, lituus, and simpulum. RIC III 1240a (Pius). Good VF, glossy black patina. A splendid, near-perfectly centered portrait of young Marcus Aurelius. Ancient scratches on jaw and neck and reverse exergue.

 

2 sest. ans 1 den. as Caesar.

 

I am lucky to be in Trier to celebrate Marcus´Aurelius birthday while in view of his greatest surviving architectural marvel, the Porta Nigra!

Here is my self-designed LEGO-Version



And here is Marcus Aurelius coronation emission Sestertius (with his colleague Lucius Verus):



IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M - bareheaded bust of Marcus Aurelius right, light drapery on left shoulder
CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV COS III S C, Marcus Aurelius, on right, and Lucius Verus, on left, both togate, standing facing each other, clasping right hands and each holding roll in left
Sestertius, Rome mint, May-December 9, 161 AD
32,85 mm / 23,65 gr
RIC 795; MIR 16-6/30; BMCRE, p. 519, 848; cf. Cohen 45; Sear 4962 var. (bareheaded and cuirassed bust).
ex Stoecklin Collection

PS.

Octavius, your Sestertii are incredible!

 

Happy B Day Marcus
1.Denarius of Pius and Marcus
2. Denarius with Armenia reverse
3. Sestertius

 

Wonderful coins everyone!

Here is my favorite Marcus Aurelius as Caesar – in my eyes one of the most dramatic and beautiful Roman portraits in my collection:

Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar), Roman Empire, denarius, 140–144 AD, Rome mint. Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS; head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, r. Rev: IVVENTAS, Iuventas (youth) standing l., dropping incense in candelabrum and holding patera. 17.5mm, 3.16g. Ref: RIC III Antoninus Pius 423a. Ex CNG.

And here is a later, less spectacular sestertius of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus:

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Empire, sestertius, 171–172 AD, Rome mint. Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR [P XXVI], bus of Marcus Aurelius, draped and laureate, r. Rev: [IMP VI] COS III, Roma seated l. on pile of armor, leaning on shield, holding sceptre; in fields flanking, SC. 30mm, 26.95g. Ref: RIC III Marcus Aurelius, 1037.

 

Marcus Aurelius, Æ As

This issues of Marcus Aurelius were dedicated to the Great Mother Cybele. She is shown seated with her drum under her left arm and two lions beside her throne. The drum is a simple tympanum, like a tambourine without the jingles. On her head is a version of the older city wall crown, with thinner turrets.

Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia 161 - 180 AD; Magistrate Ailios Herakleides
Ref.: RPC IV 1335 (temporary), Mionnet IV, S. 75, 408; F. Imhoof-Blumer, "Lydische Stadtmünzen", Genf 1897, Seite 90 Nummer 7
38 x 40 mm, 23.45 g
Obv.: ΑΥ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙΟС ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟС bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius to r. wearing cuirass(?) and paludamentum
Rev.: ƐΠΙ СΤΡ ΑΙΛΙΟΥ ΗΡΑΚΛƐΙΔΟV / ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ СΙΠΥΛturreted Cybele seated l. on throne between two seated lions, resting elbow upon tympanum and holding patera

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