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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 228

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 228, Denarius, Silver, struck at Rome, 170–171 AD. Obverse: head of marcus aurelius, laureate, right. Reverse: jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on low seat, holding thunderbolt, nearly horizontal, in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand. Weight about 3.2 g, diameter 18.3 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 228
obverse: Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 228
reverse: Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on low seat, holding thunderbolt, nearly horizontal, in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand
mint Rome weight 3.15g (11)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀18.3 (3)
denomination Denarius axis 7↕ (11)
material Silver technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right

IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV
reverse

Jupiter, naked to waist, seated left on low seat, holding thunderbolt, nearly horizontal, in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand

COS III
specimens (13)
University of Valencia 3.14g 6↕
University of Valencia 3.31g 6↕
University of Valencia 3.39g 6↕
University of Valencia 3.33g 6↕
University of Valencia 3.86g 6↕
University of Valencia 3.20g 12↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2.70g ⌀19.1 6↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2.80g ⌀18.8 12↕
Portable Antiquities Scheme 2.66g ⌀17.0 12↕
British Museum 3.36g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
British Museum 2.92g 1↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 228 (ric.3.m_aur.228), 170–171 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-228/ (accessed: 2026-10-30). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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