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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Marcus Aurelius| > RS79920
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D.
|Marcus| |Aurelius|, |Marcus| |Aurelius,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |17| |March| |180| |A.D.|, Spes was the Roman personification of Hope. In art Spes is normally depicted carrying flowers or a cornucopia, but on coins she is almost invariably depicted holding a flower in her extended right hand, while the left is raising a fold of her dress. She was also named "ultima dea" - for Hope is the last resort of men. On this coin, the Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, the designated successor of the emperor, is identified as the hope for the future of the Roman people.
RS79920. Silver denarius, RIC III A479(a), BMCRE IV A960, RSC II 473, Hunter II -, SRCV II -, gVF, ragged flan, Rome mint, weight 3.407g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 158 - 159 A.D.; obverse AVRELIVS CAES ANTON AVG P II F, bare head right; reverse TR POT XIII COS II, Spes walking left, flower in right hand, raising skirt with left hand; SOLD











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