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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 7964442, member: 87809&quot;][USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] That is a wonderful denarius, impressive portraits of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. Thank you so much for sharing the info from Pangerl.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t have a dual coin of them, but this is one of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, which&nbsp; has an unusual break&nbsp; of “CA-ESAR” on the obverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>AR Denarius, Rome 148 - 149 AD</p><p>18 x 19 mm, 3.221g</p><p>RIC III Antoninus Pius 444, BMC.683; RSC 618; Sear 4787</p><p>Ob.: AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII F Bare head of Marcus Aurelius, right</p><p>Rev.: TR POT III COS II Minerva, helmeted draped, standing r., holding vertical spear in r. hand and resting l. hand on round shield set on ground</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1380894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380895[/ATTACH]</p><p>Since the head is bearded, according to Pangerl (type 12), the date should be 157-158, but numismatics.org dates it to 148-149<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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