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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robinjojo, post: 5001446, member: 110226&quot;]I&#039;m afraid that I really do not have any denarii of Nerva and the Antonine Dynasty.&nbsp; Over the years I have concentrated on other denominations that afford a larger platform for interesting themes and designs.&nbsp; Even so, my entire Roman collection is spotty, with lots of gaps.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, having said that, here are a few of coins issued by Nerva, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus that I have posted before.&nbsp; I have some more that need to be photographed, something that I hope to accomplish before the start of the next century.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nerva</p><p>AR tetradrachm</p><p>Antioch</p><p>A = Reginal Year 1 (96/7 AD)</p><p>Obverse:&nbsp; AVT NEPOV AΣ - KAIΣ ΣEB beginning upper right, laureate bust right with fold of aegis on front shoulder and behind neck.</p><p>Reverse:&nbsp; ETOVC upside down in exergue, NEOV IEPOV clockwise at left, A in upper right field, Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread, palm branch to right. Prieur 149.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200551[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200552[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius, circa 140-144 AD</p><p>AE Sestertius</p><p>As Caesar</p><p>AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right.</p><p>IVVENTAS S-C, Juventas standing left, holding branch, trophy to right with shield below.</p><p>RIC 1233a; Cohen 394.</p><p>Good VF</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200555[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius</p><p>Æ29 of Anemurium, Cilicia</p><p>Dated RY 7 = AD 166/7</p><p>[…]ANTΩN[…], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / ΑΝEΜ[…]ΡΙEѠΝ, Marcus Aurelius clasping hands with Lucius Verus; EΤ Ζ (date) and altar between. Unpublished, including RPC Online. 13.15g, 29mm, 11h.</p><p>Near Very Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>Extremely Rare; unpublished and possibly unique.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200554[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Marcus Aurelius</p><p>AE sestertius</p><p>Rome</p><p>M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, laureate bust right / TR POT XX [IMP III CO]S III, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding wand and sceptre, globe at feet; S-C across fields.</p><p>RIC 923; C.805; BMCRE 1279. 29.79g, 33mm, 6h.</p><p>Nice portrait; fields lightly smoothed on both obverse and reverse; brown patina.</p><p><br /></p><p>Very Fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200556[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus, circa 190 AD</p><p>AE sestertius</p><p>Rome Mint</p><p>M COMMOD ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT PP, laureate head rt. / [MINER AVG PM] TR P XVI [COS VI], Minerva hurrying right, head left, holding branch, spear and shield. S-C across fields.</p><p>RIC III 582, Sear RCV II 5769, BMCRE IV 671, MIR [Moneta Imperii Romani] Vol. 18, 816.</p><p>20.1 grams</p><p>27.5 mm, 12 h.</p><p>Good VF, with a dark brown/green patina and earthen highlights.&nbsp; Very scarce</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1200553[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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