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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 872

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 872, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 163–164 AD. Obverse: bust of marcus aurelius, laureate, draped, or draped, cuirassed, right. Reverse: minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding up olive-branch in right hand, and resting left hand on shield set on ground: vertical spear, point upwards, rests against left arm. Weight about 24.6 g.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 872
obverse: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, or draped, cuirassed, right
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 872
reverse: Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding up olive-branch in right hand, and resting left hand on shield set on ground: vertical spear, point upwards, rests against left arm
mint Rome weight 24.64g (4)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀0.0 (1)
denomination Sestertius axis 8↕ (3)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, or draped, cuirassed, right

M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M
reverse

Minerva, helmeted, draped, standing left, holding up olive-branch in right hand, and resting left hand on shield set on ground: vertical spear, point upwards, rests against left arm

TR P XVIII IMP II COS III S C
specimens (6)
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz 21.55g
British Museum 24.85g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
KENOM — Freiberg 27.33g 6↕
British Museum 24.83g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 872 (ric.3.m_aur.872), 163–164 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-872/ (accessed: 2026-09-14). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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