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Several dozen other coins, made of an alloy of gold, silver and copper, come from what is now Great Britain and were stamped ...

SUMMARY Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus succeeded to power together in 161 CE, as the adopted heirs of Antonius Pius. At the start of their reign, Verus conducted a successful war against the ...