Marcvs Avrelivs- Victory

Marcus Aurelius, 7 marts 161- 17 marts 180 A.D.

Obverse:
Laureate head right

M ANTONINVS

M: Marcus
ANTONINVS: Antoninus

Reverse:

AVG TR P XXXII / IMP VIIII - COS III P P S C

AVG: Augustus, emperor
TR P XXXII: Tribunicia Potestate. The tribunician power, the emperor as civil head of the state.
IMP: Imperator
VIIII: 9, imperator for the ninth time
COS III: Consul for the third time. One of the two chief magistrates of the Roman state, and often the emperor was one.
PP: Pater Patria, farther of the country
SC: Senatus Consultus, by the decree of the senate

When the title of 'imperator' occurs in this type of legend, it is often numbered. Mine has IMP V. This refers to an old custom of the Roman republic, the 'acclamatio imperatoria', in which a victorious general was acclaimed 'imperator' by the legions. In imperial times the emperor was the object of this honor. IMP V tells us the emperor was acclaimed imperator for the fifth time, which occured in 168 for Marcus Aurelius, together with Lucius Verus.

Victory advancing left, probably C. 372, BMC p. 673,



Domination: Copper, AS, size 24 mm

Mint: Rome