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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3501332, member: 99456"]Many interesting Marcus Aurelius coins shared above, and [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] a nice idea to celebrate! Marcus Aurelius became Caesar in 139, married Faustina II AD 145 at the age of 24, and became emperor in 161 when Anoninus died. There are <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3469925" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3469925" rel="nofollow">coins</a> celebrating the marriage. Here's my denarius of Marcus Aurelius from that year 145 - wide-eyed, youthful portrait. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]927677[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius </b>as Caesar, AR Denarius, AD 138-161</p><p><b>Minted: </b>Rome, under Antoninus Pius, AD 145</p><p><b>Obv:</b> AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII F, bare head of Marcus Aurelius right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> COS II, <a href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027019482#page/n861/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027019482#page/n861/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">Honos</a> (or Pax <a href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027019482#page/n907/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027019482#page/n907/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">aka Irene</a>) standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae</p><p><b>Size: </b>3.35g, 16.8mm</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RCTVII 4783 (honos die variant), RIC III Antoninus Pius 429A</p><p><br /></p><p>and a coin of Faustina II also under Antoninus Pius </p><p>[ATTACH=full]927678[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustina II</b>, AD 147-175</p><p>Roman AR Denarius, 2.79 g, 17.9 mm</p><p>Rome, AD 150-152, under Antoninus Pius.</p><p><b>Obv: </b>FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head right, holding skirt and cornucopia</p><p><b>Refs: </b>RIC 500b,6; BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen 44, CRE 163[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3501332, member: 99456"]Many interesting Marcus Aurelius coins shared above, and [USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER] a nice idea to celebrate! Marcus Aurelius became Caesar in 139, married Faustina II AD 145 at the age of 24, and became emperor in 161 when Anoninus died. There are [URL='https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3469925']coins[/URL] celebrating the marriage. Here's my denarius of Marcus Aurelius from that year 145 - wide-eyed, youthful portrait. [ATTACH=full]927677[/ATTACH] [B]Marcus Aurelius [/B]as Caesar, AR Denarius, AD 138-161 [B]Minted: [/B]Rome, under Antoninus Pius, AD 145 [B]Obv:[/B] AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII F, bare head of Marcus Aurelius right [B]Rev:[/B] COS II, [URL='https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027019482#page/n861/mode/2up']Honos[/URL] (or Pax [URL='https://archive.org/stream/cu31924027019482#page/n907/mode/2up']aka Irene[/URL]) standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae [B]Size: [/B]3.35g, 16.8mm [B]Ref: [/B]RCTVII 4783 (honos die variant), RIC III Antoninus Pius 429A and a coin of Faustina II also under Antoninus Pius [ATTACH=full]927678[/ATTACH] [B]Faustina II[/B], AD 147-175 Roman AR Denarius, 2.79 g, 17.9 mm Rome, AD 150-152, under Antoninus Pius. [B]Obv: [/B]FAVSTINA AVG ANTONINI AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust right. [B]Rev:[/B] CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head right, holding skirt and cornucopia [B]Refs: [/B]RIC 500b,6; BMCRE 1078-79; Cohen 44, CRE 163[/QUOTE]
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