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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 8260204, member: 85693&quot;]It is a real pleasure to read [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER] and [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] discussions, but it is even more pleasurable when I happen to have the coin under discussion.&nbsp; I got this one back in 2015 when I wasn&#039;t photographing coins much, so here it is for the first time, a Marcus Aurelius denarius with Roma holding something-or-other: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456663[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Denarius</b></p><p><b>(165-166 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head right / P M TR P XX IMP III COS III, Roma seated left, holding Victory and spear, shield at side,</p><p>RIC 155</p><p>(2.75 grams / 18 mm)</p><p>eBay Jan. 2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $25.99</p><p><br /></p><p>The workmanship on this one is a bit &quot;free form&quot; - so I am not sure what Roma is holding in her big mitt: </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1456664[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Did Aurelius mint denarii in the East?&nbsp; Some of these, including mine, have a kind of Syrian look to them.&nbsp; Look at that eye on Marcus, for instance.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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