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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690, As, Bronze, struck at Rome, 161–176 AD. Obverse: bust of faustina the younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right. Reverse: vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand and palladium in left hand. Weight about 10.6 g.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690
obverse: Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690
reverse: Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand and palladium in left hand
mint Rome weight 10.62g (3)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀0.0 (2)
denomination As axis 12↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Faustina the Younger, draped, hair elaborately waved in nearly vertical lines and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, down cheek, curls, right

FAVSTINA AVGVSTA
reverse

Vesta, veiled, draped, standing left, holding simpulum in right hand and palladium in left hand

VESTA S C
specimens (5)
British Museum 12.27g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
KENOM — Freiberg 10.52g 12↕
KENOM — Freiberg 9.08g 12↕
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1690 (ric.3.m_aur.1690), 161–176 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1690/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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