Silver ancient coin

I am having trouble trying to determine if this silver coin is a Roman Sestertius Antoninus Pius AD 143-144 or a Marcus Aurelius AD 172 or something else. Any ancient experts out there that can give me some insight on this coin and the approx. value ?


Thanks much, Dave

 

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Umm, if it's legit, then my guess it's probably an Antoninius Pius AR Denarius ... but sadly, my batting-average is slightly below 400

... and now that I look at it even closer, it's probably just "glare" that's makin' it look like it's made of silver (man, looks like I fell for another slider!! ... *rats*)

 

Looks good to me. Its a denarius of marcus aurelius.

 

Not sure how to tell if it's legit. It looks silver. Here are a couple of better pictures.

 

Looks good to me as well. Here is the likely attribution:

RIC 287
Marcus Aurelius Denarius. Dec. 173 - June 174 AD.
OBV: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVIII, laureate head right
REV: IMP VI COS III, Victory advancing right, carrying trophy & wreath.
RIC 287

 

awesome ... sounds like Mat & Bing are on-board (it's always nice to hear that our cool coins are legit and that our hobbie is less fragile than it seems at times ... bad sentence)

 

looks good to me.

 

Thanks to all the expert Ancient hunters out there. You guys are amazing.