Issuing authority
Roman Empire
Imperial Rome issued an extensive precious-metal and base-metal coinage across dozens of mints.
- Kind
- empire
- Region
- Mediterranean, Europe
- Recorded period
- 27 BC – AD 476
Eastern continuation catalogued separately as the Byzantine Empire.
Objects are filed under the historical authority that actually issued or made them. A recorded period comes from the issuer's own reference description and is left blank where no source states it.
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Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
ancient coins
RIC III Antoninus Pius 213
RIC III Antoninus Pius 213. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with the legend IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. The reverse shows antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe in right hand, left arm at side, with the…
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Numismatik Linz
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RIC III Antoninus Pius 891
RIC III Antoninus Pius 891. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right, with the legend IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P. The reverse shows annona, draped, seated, left on low seat, holding two corn-ears in extended right hand…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC III Antoninus Pius 460
RIC III Antoninus Pius 460. Denomination: Aureus. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right, with the legend AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL. The reverse shows roma, helmted, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory on right hand and…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
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RIC III Antoninus Pius 283 (denarius)
RIC III Antoninus Pius 283 (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXI. The reverse shows antoninus Pius standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand over tripod, with t…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
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RIC III Antoninus Pius 286A (denarius)
RIC III Antoninus Pius 286A (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII. The reverse shows fortuna, draped, standing left, holding in right hand patera above rudder on prow, left…
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American Numismatic Society (OCRE partner collection)
ancient coins
RIC III Antoninus Pius 292A (denarius)
RIC III Antoninus Pius 292A (denarius). Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII. The reverse shows antoninus Pius, veiled, togate. standing left, sacrificing out of patera in right hand…
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Coin collection of Regensburg University, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC III Antoninus Pius 301
RIC III Antoninus Pius 301. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Antoninus Pius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, laureate, right, with the legend ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII. The reverse shows pax, draped, standing left, holding branch downwards in right hand and vertical sceptre in left, w…
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Römisch-Germanisches Museum (Roman Imperial coin), via OCRE / American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 10
AD 161
Aureus in gold struck at Rome under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161, catalogued as RIC III Marcus Aurelius 10. Obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right. Reverse: Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing left and right, facing each other, clasping right hands: each holds roll in left hand at side. Obverse legend: I…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1269
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1269. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right, with the legend DIVVS ANTONINVS. The reverse shows corinthian column set on base and surmounted by statue of Divus Antoninus, with the legend DIVO PIO S C.
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1621
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1621. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right, with the legend FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. The revers…
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KENOM — collection identified on linked specimen page
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1637
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1637. Denomination: As. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, left, with the legend FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows f…
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American Numismatic Society
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1639
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1639. Denomination: As. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, sometimes diademed, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head round head, down cheek, curls, right, with the legend FAVST…
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American Numismatic Society and contributing collections
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1645
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1645. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, double row of pearls, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head round head, down cheek, curls, right, with the le…
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1651
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1651. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, sometimes double row of pearls, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head round head, down cheek, curls, right, w…
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690. Denomination: As. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right, with the legend FAVSTINA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 843
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 843. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M. The reverse shows salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar,…
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Universität Bonn
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 104
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 104. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG IMP II. The reverse shows minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding up olive-branch in right hand, left hand resting on shie…
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J. Paul Getty Museum, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right, with the legend LVCILLAE AVGVSTAE. The reverse shows ceres, veiled, draped, seated left on cista mystica from whi…
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American Numismatic Society and contributing collections
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1752
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1752. Denomination: As. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right, with the legend LVCILLAE AVGVSTAE. The reverse shows juno, veiled, draped, standing left, holding patera in extended righ…
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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1762
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1762. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right, with the legend LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F. The reverse shows venus, draped, standing left, holding Victory in e…
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Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1778
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1778. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right, with the legend LVCILLA AVGVSTA. The reverse shows venus, draped, seated left, holding apple in extended right ha…
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The Digital Coin Cabinet of Mannheim University, via nomisma.org / OCRE
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 788
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 788. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows bust of Lucilla, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right, with the legend LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F. The reverse shows vesta, veiled, standing left next to a decorated…
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The British Museum
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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1001
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1001. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV. The reverse shows victory, winged, naked to waist, standing front, head right, setting on palm-tree right, shield inscr…
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The British Museum
ancient coins
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 233
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 233. Denomination: Denarius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. The obverse shows head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right, with the legend M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV. The reverse shows roma, helmeted, draped, seated left on cuirass, left foot on helmet, holding Victory on extended right h…
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