Marcus Aurelius Denarius (silver coin replica)
OBV: Laureated head right, M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM.
R: Elephant walking right, MVNIPICENTIA AVG, COS III in exergue.

This Denarius is fictive (or mule) type. The reverse belongs to Antoninus Pius scarse coins issued to commemorating Munificentia, the spirit of imperial generosity, at the occasion of the celebration of Rome's 900th anniversary in 147-148 AD, with extensive shows in the arena of the Amphitheatrum Flavium.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors" who governed the Roman Empire from 96 to 180, and is also considered one of the most important stoic philosophers.

His tenure was marked by wars in Asia against a revitalized Parthian Empire, and with Germanic tribes along the limes Germanicus into Gaul and across the Danube. A revolt in the East, led by Avidius Cassius, failed.

Marcus Aurelius' work Meditations, written on campaign between 170–180, is still revered as a literary monument to a government of service and duty and has been praised for its "exquisite accent and its infinite tenderness."
 
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