Advanced Search
Advanced Search
View: Obverse

Aureus with bust of Marcus Aurelius, struck under Antoninus Pius

Roman
Imperial Period
A.D. 153–154
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 20 mm. Weight: 7.19 gm. Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1975.798
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, draped, right.
AVRELIVSCAE SARAVGPIIFIL
Reverse: Roma standing, Victory on right hand, in left parazonium.
TRPO T VIIICOSII

ProvenanceBy date unknown: Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III to MFA, June 11, 1975, as Apparatus (reassigned to the Theodora Wilbour Fund in Memory of Zoë Wilbour, March 10, 1976)