Gold aureus of Marcus Aurelius
M.ANTONINVS AVG ARM.PARTH.MAX., head of emperor/TR.P XXII IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated holding scales and cornucopia
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M.ANTONINVS AVG ARM.PARTH.MAX., head of emperor/TR.P XXII IMP V COS III, Aequitas seated holding scales and cornucopia
Rome
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Title: Gold aureus of Marcus Aurelius
Period: Mid Imperial, Antonine
Date: 168 CE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Gold
Dimensions: 3/4 × 1/8 in., 7.3g (2 × 0.3 cm, 7.3g)
Classification: Coins
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph H. Durkee, 1899
Object Number: 99.35.194
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