- Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
- Struck at the Rome Mint for Emperor Marcus Aurelius by his son Emperor Commodus.
- Issued 180 CE, approx 18mm, RSC 83, RIC 269 (rated as scarce).
- Historic posthumous issue authorized by Emperor Commodus to commemorate the death and deification of his father Marcus Aurelius.
- Detailed obverse portrait
- Certified by NGC to Ch VF.
- Obverse: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right.
- Reverse: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right on thunderbolt with head left and wings open.
- Consecratio: The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus.A deceased emperor held worthy of the honor could be voted a state divinity (divus, plural divi) by the Senate and elevated as such in an act of apotheosis. The granting of apotheosis served religious, political and moral judgment on Imperial rulers and allowed living Emperors to associate themselves with a well-regarded lineage of Imperial divi from which unpopular or unworthy predecessors were excluded.
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