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Quadrans - Anonymous 81-161 Ad (Mars And Cuirass)?

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Coin 5 of 10 from lot.

Looks to be RIC II #19.

Quadrans---Anonymous-81-161-Ad-Mars-And-Cuirass?
Quadrans---Anonymous-81-161-Ad-Mars-And-Cuirass?

Obverse: Mars
Reverse: SC around Cuirass
Weight: 2.83g
Diameter: 17mm

Is my attribution correct? Value? Rarity? Any history behind this one?
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These little quadrans are deceptively rare and this is quite a neat one. Being anonymous, they don't know who issued them and give them a wide period (this one apparently Domitian to Antoninus), but some of the well preserved ones look very much like Commodus who had a very high opinion of himself and I could definitely see pretending to be Mars on coins. I'm sure the authors of RIC have based their dating on something a bit firmer than look-a-likes, though.
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