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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3146416, member: 56859&quot;]Per Emmett, who surveyed various large collections for his book, your MA as Caesary / Elpis drachm was struck only in Regnal Year 11 (of Antoninus Pius), so you can record an issuance date of CE 147/8 for your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Considering how many contemporarily issued coins of Antoninus Pius remain, I&#039;d guess that fewer of Aurelius were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the stats for <b>denominations and types</b> issued by Aurelius, where &quot;type&quot; means a general type of reverse rather than minor variations of legend, bust direction and dress, etc, although Emmett does get surprisingly RICky when it comes to distinguishing various poses of eagles <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I&#039;ve photographed the table from Domitian through Marcus Aurelius Augustus.&nbsp; The Alexandrian mint&#039;s output was massive during the Trajan through Hadrian years but when you add up Marcus Aurelius as Caesar + Augustus + with Lucius Verus + nomes, the number of types isn&#039;t small.</p><p><br /></p><p>TD= tetradrachm; DR= drachm; HD= hemidrachm; DO= diobol; OB= obol; DC= dichalkon.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]805282[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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