Moneta
Registered: August 2005
Location: Arizona USA
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Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome in A.D. 121. Stoic philosopher and author of the book "Meditations." He was an excellent ruler in troubled times, marked by numerous frontier wars and rampant disease. Adopted son of Antoninus Pius, he became Caesar in A.D. 139 and Augustus from A.D. 161- 180. His wife, Faustina Junior was also featured on many coins. This coin M. Aurelius as Caesar.
OB: AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG (PII F); bare head r.; RX: TR POT XI COS II SC; figure, perhaps IVVENTIAS, sprinkling incense over a candelabrum. This does not appear in any books I have, (A.D. 157) is much too late for the A.D. 140 toga virilis celebration of adulthood. It's 26 mm at 12.8 gm.
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