Marcus Aurelius, AE medallion, Rome, struck AD 163-164. 39 mm, 56 g. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M IMP II TR P XVIII COS III, bare-headed, cuirassed bust left. No legend, female figure, poss. Aphrodite, standing right beneath a tree, legs crossed, leaning on table, feeding a serpent entwined around a statue of Salus. Dove standing left on the crossbar of the table. Gnecchi 81; Sambon 2172; Baldwin 2 in NNM 17; Fagerlie 3 in ANS MN 15; Grueber 7; Cohen 1050. Image courtesy of the British Museum.