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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3833260, member: 57495"]Excellent writeup and very nice coin! My favorite of these warfare issues are the ones with the pile of arms. I'm still looking out for a DE SARM. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018676[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.29g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 177 AD. RIC 363; MIR 18, 368-4/30; RSC 156. O: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head right. R: TR P XXXI IMP XIII COS III P P, Pile of arms: scale cuirass, round and hexagonal shields, spears, standard and carnyx; DE GERM in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another type I like, the RELIG AVG issues on sestertii and denarii, may allude to a specific event that occurred on a military campaign, the so-called "Rain Miracle".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1018677[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS</b></p><p>AE Sestertius. 29.44g, 31mm. Rome mint, AD 173. RIC 1075; Cohen 535. O: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right. R: IMP VI - COS III, Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse, within a tetrastyle temple with telamons as columns; semicircular pediment containing, from left to right, tortoise, cockerel, ram, winged helmet, caduceus, and purse; S-C in field, RELIG AVG in exergue.</p><p>Notes: <i>This type is popularly associated with the Rain Miracle of the Legio XII Fulminata (Thundering 12th Legion). According to Cassius Dio, the 12th Legion under the command of Marcus Aurelius had found themselves encircled and heavily outnumbered by a Quadi Army. Stricken with fatigue, thirst, and the heat, they were on the verge of capture when an Egyptian magician named Anurphis, a companion of the emperor, invoked the aid of Mercury as god of the wind and air. A sudden storm rose in the midst of the battle, reviving the Romans with rain while destroying their enemies with hail and lightning. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 3833260, member: 57495"]Excellent writeup and very nice coin! My favorite of these warfare issues are the ones with the pile of arms. I'm still looking out for a DE SARM. [ATTACH=full]1018676[/ATTACH] [B]MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AR Denarius. 3.29g, 19mm. Rome mint, AD 177 AD. RIC 363; MIR 18, 368-4/30; RSC 156. O: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head right. R: TR P XXXI IMP XIII COS III P P, Pile of arms: scale cuirass, round and hexagonal shields, spears, standard and carnyx; DE GERM in exergue. Another type I like, the RELIG AVG issues on sestertii and denarii, may allude to a specific event that occurred on a military campaign, the so-called "Rain Miracle". [ATTACH=full]1018677[/ATTACH] [B]MARCUS AURELIUS[/B] AE Sestertius. 29.44g, 31mm. Rome mint, AD 173. RIC 1075; Cohen 535. O: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head right. R: IMP VI - COS III, Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse, within a tetrastyle temple with telamons as columns; semicircular pediment containing, from left to right, tortoise, cockerel, ram, winged helmet, caduceus, and purse; S-C in field, RELIG AVG in exergue. Notes: [I]This type is popularly associated with the Rain Miracle of the Legio XII Fulminata (Thundering 12th Legion). According to Cassius Dio, the 12th Legion under the command of Marcus Aurelius had found themselves encircled and heavily outnumbered by a Quadi Army. Stricken with fatigue, thirst, and the heat, they were on the verge of capture when an Egyptian magician named Anurphis, a companion of the emperor, invoked the aid of Mercury as god of the wind and air. A sudden storm rose in the midst of the battle, reviving the Romans with rain while destroying their enemies with hail and lightning. [/I][/QUOTE]
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