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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1706

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1706, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 176–180 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: lighted altar, nearly square, with door in front, panels left and right of door and set on stepped base. Weight about 23.8 g, diameter 31.3 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1706
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 1706
reverse: Lighted altar, nearly square, with door in front, panels left and right of door and set on stepped base
mint Rome weight 23.78g (10)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀31.3 (4)
denomination Sestertius axis 10↕ (9)
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

DIVA FAVSTINA PIA
reverse

Lighted altar, nearly square, with door in front, panels left and right of door and set on stepped base

CONSECRATIO S C
specimens (13)
KENOM 23.97g ⌀31.1 8↕
KENOM 24.03g ⌀32.6 12↕
British Museum 28.76g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Getty Museum 29.00g
British Museum 22.27g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 25.74g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 22.39g 11↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 20.11g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1706 (ric.3.m_aur.1706), 176–180 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1706/ (accessed: 2026-08-27). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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