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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1397

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1397, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 163–164 AD. Obverse: head of lucius verus, laureate, right. Reverse: victory, winged, half-draped, standing right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed vic avg. Weight about 22.9 g, diameter 32.4 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1397
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1397
mint Rome weight 22.85g (8)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀32.4 (6)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (6)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right

L AVREL VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS
reverse

Victory, winged, half-draped, standing right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed VIC AVG

TR P IIII IMP II COS II S C
specimens (8)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 19.30g ⌀36.0
British Museum 20.94g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 32.60g ⌀34.5
Portable Antiquities Scheme 13.31g ⌀28.0 1↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 14.95g ⌀30.0 12↕
British Museum 25.09g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1397 (ric.3.m_aur.1397), 163–164 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1397/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA