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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3922030, member: 85693"]Well I really do like it. And if I am correct, it is a very, very interesting type - that reverse is, I think, Mercury, and was issued to commemorate the famous "Rain Miracle" as shown on the column of Marcus Aurelius.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several varieties - here is the OCRE search:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Mercury%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Marcus+Aurelius%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Mercury%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Marcus+Aurelius%22" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:"Mercury"+AND+denomination_facet:"Denarius"+AND+portrait_facet:"Marcus+Aurelius"</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is Dio on the miracle, via livius.org:</p><p><br /></p><p>"<b>The Rain Miracle</b>: the miraculous escape of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata during the Marcomannic Wars."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cassius-dio/dio-on-the-rain-miracle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cassius-dio/dio-on-the-rain-miracle/" rel="nofollow">https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cassius-dio/dio-on-the-rain-miracle/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3922030, member: 85693"]Well I really do like it. And if I am correct, it is a very, very interesting type - that reverse is, I think, Mercury, and was issued to commemorate the famous "Rain Miracle" as shown on the column of Marcus Aurelius. There are several varieties - here is the OCRE search: [URL]http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Mercury%22+AND+denomination_facet%3A%22Denarius%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Marcus+Aurelius%22[/URL] Here is Dio on the miracle, via livius.org: "[B]The Rain Miracle[/B]: the miraculous escape of the Twelfth Legion Fulminata during the Marcomannic Wars." [URL]https://www.livius.org/sources/content/cassius-dio/dio-on-the-rain-miracle/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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