168 NGC Ch XF Marcus Aurelius Roman Empire Denarius Liberalitas Donative (21042303C)
www.cgcoins.com

168 NGC Ch XF Marcus Aurelius Roman Empire Denarius Liberalitas Donative (21042303C)

$650.00
{{option.name}}: {{selected_options[option.position]}}
{{value_obj.value}}
Store Logo

Caesar's Ghost Numismatics

View Store

Choice Extremely Fine dated Marcus Aurelius Roman Empire denarius coin. 18mm, 3.12g, Issued Dec 168 to Dec 169, RIC 206, RSC 412, Foss 40 (dates to 169 CE). Imperial titles, TRP XXIII, IMP V correspond with Dec 168 to Dec 169 CE. Superb portrait of the philosopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Historic 5th Donative Emission cited by Foss for the Emperor's departure for border wars. Certified by NGC to Ch XF. Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIII, laureate bust right. Reverse: LIBERAL AVG V COS III, Liberalitas standing left, holding coin dispenser and cornucopia. Liberalitas was the virtue of giving freely (from liber, "free"), hence generosity. On coins the personification of Liberalitas would be depicted as displaying largess to the Roman people.

Show More Show Less