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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 783

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 783, Aureus, Gold, struck at Rome, 164–180 AD. Obverse: bust of lucilla, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right. Reverse: venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right and sceptre in left hand. Weight about 7.3 g, diameter 21.0 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 783
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 783
mint Rome weight 7.26g (4)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀21.0 (1)
denomination Aureus axis 10↕ (2)
material Gold technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Lucilla, bare-headed, hair waved and fastened in a bun on back of head, draped, right

LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F
reverse

Venus, draped, standing left, holding apple in right and sceptre in left hand

VENVS
specimens (6)
British Museum 7.26g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 7.33g ⌀21.0
Fitzwilliam Museum (OCRE) 7.25g
British Museum 7.21g 7↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 783 (ric.3.m_aur.783), 164–180 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-783/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA