RIC III Marcus Aurelius 974
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Record status
Individual type · research required
Issuing entity
Roman EmpireRIC III Marcus Aurelius 974. 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
- Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right
- Reverse
- Marcus Aurelius, in military dress, standing left, on low platform on right, raising right hand and holding spear in left hand; behind him, two attendants, standing left on platform; to left, below platform, three soldiers, standing right, and carrying legionaray eagles in right hands
- Obverse legend
- M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIIII
- Reverse legend
- ADLOCVT AVG S C COS III
Catalogue references
- RIC / OCREric.3.m_aur.974
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