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A silver denarius of the emperor Marcus Aurelius as Caesar with a Iuventas reverse Coin Type: Silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius, Caesar 139-161 CE, Augustus 161-180 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 143 CE.
Size and Weight: 17mm x 18mm, 3.24g
Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS
Bare-headed draped bust right.
Reverse: IVVENTAS
Iuventas standing facing, head left, right hand dropping incense onto candelabrum-altar below, left hand holding patera downwards at waist level.
Provenance: Ancient Imports (Vcoins), November 2006
Ref: RCV (2002) 4785; RIC III Antoninus Pius 423(a) var
BW Ref: 011 029 095
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Note: RIC III gives the bust simply as "bare head"; this coin clearly has a draped bust. (RCV (2002) does not specify the bust type.)

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