- Choice Extremely Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck for Caesar Marcus Aurelius at the Rome Mint during the reign of his adopted father Emperor Antoninus Pius.
- Dated: TR POT XIIII COS II DESIG III = 159 to 160 CE.
- Rare transitional COS II to COS III reverse legend, exists for only one reverse type for TR POT XIIII.
- RIC 486, RSC 765, 3.40g, approx. 18mm.
- Well struck with appealing portrait of Marcus Aurelius.
- Certified by NGC to Ch XF, Strike 5/5 Surface 4/5 (very high subgrades).
- Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, bare head right.
- Reverse: TR POT XIIII COS II DESIG III, Mars standing front, head left, holding inverted spear and resting hand on shield.
- Mars was the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome. He was second in importance only to Jupiter and he was the most prominent of the military gods in the religion of the Roman army.
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