Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, Laureate head of Aurelius facing right.

Reverse: PAX AVG (in ex.) TR P XXXI IMP VIII COS III P P, Pax standing left, setting fire to pile of arms with torch and holding cornucopiae.

RIC: 369. Sear: 4916 (var.) BMCRE: 742. [Rome, AD 176-177].

Diameter: 19 mm. Weight: 3.3 g.

A perfect silver denarius of the famous philosopher emperor Marcus Aurelius, struck in AD 176-177.The obverse has a sharp life-like portrait of the Aurelius aged 55. An extremely fine example - perfectly centred with iridescent cabinet toning.