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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Marcus Aurelius| > RS94656
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D.
|Marcus| |Aurelius|, |Marcus| |Aurelius,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |17| |March| |180| |A.D.|, Providentia is the personification of the ability to foresee and to make provision for the future. This ability was considered essential for the emperor and providentia was among the embodiments of virtues that were part of the imperial cult. Cicero said that providentia, memoria (memory) and intellegentia (understanding) are the three main components of prudentia, the knowledge what is good or bad or neither.
RS94656. Silver denarius, RSC II 519a, RIC III 50 var. (no drapery), BMCRE IV 191 var. (same), Hunter II 9 var. (cuirassed), SRCV II -, gVF, well centered, toning, some legend not fully struck, small deposits, small edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 3.390g, maximum diameter 17.8mm, die axis 180o, 161 - 162 A.D.; obverse IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, bare head right, slight drapery on left shoulder; reverse PROV DEOR TR P XVI COS III, Providentia standing slightly left, head left, globe in right hand, cornucopia in left hand; from the Ray Nouri Collection; SOLD











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