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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 840

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 840, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 161–162 AD. Obverse: head of marcus aurelius, bare, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar. Weight about 31.0 g, diameter 32.0 mm.
mint Rome weight 30.95g (1)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀32.0 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 12↕ (1)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right

IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M
reverse

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

SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI S C COS III
specimens (1)
Portable Antiquities Scheme ⌀31.0

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 840 (ric.3.m_aur.840), 161–162 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-840/ (accessed: 2026-09-13). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA