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Please can anybody help me with identification this coin?
Please can anybody help me with identification this coin?
Cucumber
06-15-2006, 04:05 PM
Hello,
From the portrait it should be Marcus Aurelius rather than Antoninus Pius. Hard to tell more, the coin is very worn
C.
Hello,
From the portrait it should be Marcus Aurelius rather than Antoninus Pius. Hard to tell more, the coin is very worn
C.
On portrait side is written Antoninus.
Cucumber
06-16-2006, 06:48 PM
Hello jumo,
You're right. It's because as adopted by Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius has also his father's name. On most coins of M. A. is inscribed M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG
Cucumber
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