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Marcus Aurelius Fantasy Denarius (tin coin replica)
OBV/ Laureated head right, M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM
REV/ Elephant walking right, MVNIPICENTIA AVG, COS III in exergue.
This Denarius is fictive, or a 'fantasy type' = it never existed. The reverse belongs to Antoninus Pius; a scarce series of coins issued to commemorate 'Munificentia', the spirit of Imperial Generosity, upon the occasion of the celebration of Rome's 900th anniversary in 147-148 AD, with extensive shows in the arena of the Amphitheatrum Flavium.
