RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1456, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 166–166 AD. Obverse: head of lucius verus, laureate, right. Reverse: victory, winged, half-draped, standing front, head right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed vic avg and holding palm sloped upward to right shoulder in right hand; sometimes at foot of palm-tree, a shield. Weight about 23.1 g, diameter 24.5 mm.
obverse
Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right
L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
reverse
Victory, winged, half-draped, standing front, head right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed VIC AVG and holding palm sloped upward to right shoulder in right hand; sometimes at foot of palm-tree, a shield
TR POT VI IMP IIII COS II S C
specimens (24)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
23.89g
KENOM
23.80g
5↕
KENOM
20.12g
⌀30.1
7↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
25.93g
12↕
KENOM
27.15g
⌀31.4
10↕
KENOM
20.51g
⌀30.2
11↕
KENOM
19.94g
⌀30.0
1↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
23.54g
12↕
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
21.28g
⌀30.0
Portable Antiquities Scheme
22.96g
⌀31.8
Portable Antiquities Scheme
17.60g
⌀3.8
1↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
16.93g
⌀29.5
11↕
KENOM — Freiberg
29.28g
KENOM — Freiberg
24.66g
British Museum
24.53g
11↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
19.20g
6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
24.47g
6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum
27.96g
12↕
Cite this coin
RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1456 (ric.3.m_aur.1456), 166–166 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1456/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA