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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 489

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 489, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 161–162 AD. Obverse: bust of lucius verus, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing front, head left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar. Weight about g.
mint Rome weight g (0)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter (0)
denomination Aureus axis (0)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Lucius Verus, bare-headed, draped, cuirassed, right

IMP L AVREL VERVS AVG
reverse

Salus, draped, standing front, head left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar

SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P II COS II

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 489 (ric.3.m_aur.489), 161–162 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-489/ (accessed: 2026-09-15). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA