147 NGC XF Marcus Aurelius Caesar Roman Empire Denarius Minerva (21012101C)

147 NGC XF Marcus Aurelius Caesar Roman Empire Denarius Minerva (21012101C)Extremely Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin. Struck for Caesar Marcus Aurelius at the Rome Mint during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius. Dated TR POT II COS II = 147 to 148 CE. RIC 438b, RSC 608a, 3. 34g. Caesar was used by emperors to designate their heirs, who would later adopt the title of Augustus when they became emperor. The title originated from the cognomen of Julius Caesar. Superb style with youthful portrait (with early treatment of

• Extremely Fine Roman Empire silver denarius coin.
• Struck for Caesar Marcus Aurelius at the Rome Mint during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius.
• Dated TR POT II COS II = 147 to 148 CE.
• RIC 438b, RSC 608a, 3.34g.

• Caesar was used by emperors to designate their heirs, who would later adopt the title of Augustus when they became emperor. The title originated from the cognomen of Julius Caesar.

• Superb style with youthful portrait (with early treatment of facial hair).
• Certified by NGC to XF, brushed (there don't appear to be any hairlines, a marginal designation and not distracting).
• Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, bare head right with drapery on left shoulder.
• Reverse: TR POT II COS II: Minerva standing right, holding spear and resting left hand on shield.
• Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war. Considered the daughter of Jupiter, from whose head she was born, the goddess was first worshipped in Rome as one of the Capitoline Triad along with Jupiter and Juno.