Struck for Emperor Marcus Aurelius at the Rome Mint, TR P XVIII = Dec 163 to Dec 164 CE.
RIC 107, RSC 850, 3.09g, approx. 19mm.
Early mature portrait (full facial hair).
Obverse: M ANONINVS AVG IMP II, bare head right.
Reverse: TR P XVIII COS III: Concordia standing left holding patera and double cornucopia.
Concordia was the goddess of harmony and concord. She was a daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and as such presided over both marital harmony, soothing strife and discord, and harmonious action of soldiers in war. This use of Concordia here refers to the harmonious relationship of the two co-emperors (Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus).