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Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D.
Liberalitas coin types attest to occasions when the emperor has displayed his generosity towards the people by a distribution to them of money, provisions, or both. The first mention of Liberalitas was on coins of Hadrian. It was a type frequently repeated by the succeeding emperors. Indeed these instances of imperial generosity are more carefully recorded on coins than they are by history. Liberality is personified by the image of a woman, holding in one hand a counting board, or square tablet with a handle on which are cut a certain number of holes. These boards were used to quickly count the proper number of coins or other items for distribution to each person. In the other hand she holds a cornucopia, to indicate the prosperity of the state and the abundance of wheat contained in the public granaries.RB16643. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC III 913, Cohen III 74, VF, Rome mint, weight 11.154g, maximum diameter 25.3mm, die axis 180o, Dec 165 - summer 166 A.D.; obverse M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, radiate head right; reverse CONG AVG III TR P XX IMP III COS III, Liberalitas standing half-left, coin counting board in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C across field; SOLD
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