- Choice Almost Uncirculated Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius silver denarius coin.
- 3.30g, RSC 78b, RIC C265 (scarce), issued 180 AD.
- Certified by NGC to Ch AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5.
- High relief superb obverse portrait.
- Historic issue authorized by Emperor Commodus to commemorate the death and deification of his father Marcus Aurelius.
- Pedigree: Ex. CNG Sale IX (Dec 7, 1989), with ticket.
- Obverse: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right.
- Reverse: CONSECRATIO, Eagle standing right on bar with wings open.
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Consecratio: The Imperial cult of ancient Rome identified emperors and some members of their families with the divinely sanctioned authority (auctoritas) of the Roman State. Its framework was based on Roman and Greek precedents, and was formulated during the early Principate of Augustus.A deceased emperor held worthy of the honor could be voted a state divinity (divus, plural divi) by the Senate and elevated as such in an act of apotheosis. The granting of apotheosis served religious, political and moral judgment on Imperial rulers and allowed living Emperors to associate themselves with a well-regarded lineage of Imperial divi from which unpopular or unworthy predecessors were excluded.
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