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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1530

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1530, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 175–176 AD. Obverse: bust of commodus, bare-headed, draped, right. Reverse: spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand. Weight about 25.5 g, diameter 31.2 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1530
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1530
mint Rome weight 25.54g (7)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀31.2 (4)
denomination Sestertius axis 9↕ (6)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Commodus, bare-headed, draped, right

L AVREL COMMODO CAES AVG FIL GERM SARM
reverse

Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left hand

SPES PVBLICA S C
specimens (6)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 22.51g ⌀30.0 12↕
British Museum 25.22g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Getty Museum 25.70g
British Museum 27.19g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1530 (ric.3.m_aur.1530), 175–176 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1530/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA