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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 164–169 AD. Obverse: bust of lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right. Reverse: ceres, veiled, draped, seated left on cista mystica from which a snake emerges, holding two corn-ears in right hand and torch in left hand. Weight about 21.2 g, diameter 29.7 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728
obverse: Bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728
reverse: Ceres, veiled, draped, seated left on cista mystica from which a snake emerges, holding two corn-ears in right hand and torch in left hand
mint Rome weight 21.15g (9)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀29.7 (5)
denomination Sestertius axis 7↕ (8)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Lucilla, hair waved and fastened in a low chignon at back of head, draped, right

LVCILLAE AVGVSTAE
reverse

Ceres, veiled, draped, seated left on cista mystica from which a snake emerges, holding two corn-ears in right hand and torch in left hand

CERES S C
specimens (11)
KENOM 18.59g ⌀29.0 6↕
KENOM 21.95g ⌀31.0 5↕
KENOM 22.74g ⌀29.0 7↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Getty Museum 21.20g
British Museum 19.29g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 27.04g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 16.85g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1728 (ric.3.m_aur.1728), 164–169 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1728/ (accessed: 2026-08-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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