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Denarius with head of Divus Marcus Aurelius, struck under Commodus

Roman
Imperial Period
about A.D. 180
Mint: Rome

Medium/Technique Silver
Dimensions Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 2.87 gm.
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number32.1248
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Head of Divus Marcus Aurelius, bare, right.
DIVVSMAN TONINVSPIVS
Reverse: Funeral pyre in four tiers, crowned by quadriga (details of quadriga obscure); the lowest tier is garlanded, the second has a door between two statues in niches, the third has three statues in niches; the fourth is draped and has a torch right and left.
CONSE CRATIO
ProvenanceSource Unknown; accessioned by MFA, 1932