RS87522. Silver denarius, RSC III 562; BMCRE V p. 50, 182; RIC IV 2; SRCV III 6678; Hunter III -, VF, toned, nice boy portrait, radiating flow lines, tight flan cutting off parts of legends, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.891g, maximum diameter 18.1mm, die axis 180
o, as caesar, 196 A.D.; obverse M AVR ANTONINVS CAES, boy's bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; reverse SECVRITAS PERPETVA (everlasting security), Minerva standing slightly left, helmeted head left, aegis on breast, resting right hand on grounded shield, inverted spear vertical in left; from an American collection;
scarce;
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