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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1756

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1756, 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: pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand. Weight about 23.9 g, diameter 31.7 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1756
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1756
mint Rome weight 23.91g (20)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀31.7 (12)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (18)
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 AVG ANTONINI AVG F
reverse

Pietas, veiled, draped, standing left, dropping incense from right hand on lighted altar left and holding box in left hand

PIETAS S C
specimens (21)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 19.76g
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 18.77g
Portable Antiquities Scheme 30.99g ⌀33.3 6↕
KENOM 20.46g 11↕
KENOM 24.38g ⌀30.8 6↕
KENOM 27.18g ⌀31.9 11↕
KENOM 25.22g ⌀30.8 1↕
KENOM 19.90g ⌀31.1 12↕
British Museum 25.82g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
KENOM 24.96g ⌀31.1 11↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme 24.00g ⌀30.0 6↕
British Museum 27.18g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 29.25g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 27.30g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 21.48g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1756 (ric.3.m_aur.1756), 164–169 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-1756/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA