RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1074
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Marcus Aurelius 1074. Denomination: Sestertius. Authority: Marcus Aurelius. Mint: Rome. Source: American Numismatic Society, Online Coins of the Roman Empire.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Denomination
- Sestertius
Technical characteristics
- Mint
- Rome
- Authority
- Marcus Aurelius
Design
- Obverse
- Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
- Reverse
- Statue of Mercury, wearing petasus and short robe, standing front, head left, on base, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand, within a tetrastyle temple; columns are telamons; the pediment is semicircular and contains, from left to right, tortoise, cock, ram, petasus, winged caduceus, and purse
- Obverse legend
- M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII
- Reverse legend
- IMP VI COS III S C RELIG AVG
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.m_aur.1074
Research required
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