Reverse: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, shaking hands, holding a statue...

Obverse: Confronting busts of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus

Collection: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Context: Rome
Material: Bronze
Denomination: Medallion
Issuing Authority: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus
Actual Weight: 87.23 g.
Die Axis: 6
Date: exact 161 AD - exact 165 AD
Dimensions: 44.5 mm.
Region: Latium
Period: Antonine

Obverse Type: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, both in military costume, stand facing each other, clasping hands, on which they support a draped, winged figure of Victoria (Victory). Below their hands is a prisoner, crouched in profile to the right. At left stand three soldiers and at right stand two more.

Donor: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius C. Vermeule III

Commentary: Imperial bronze medallion

Sources Used: Gnecchi 1912, 2.43, no. 2 (the three other known specimens), pl. 71, nos. 3, 4; Coin World, May 5, 1971, 3 (ill.); Romans and Barbarians, 82, no. C28 (ill.)