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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 981

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 981, Sestertius, Bronze, struck at Rome, 169–170 AD. Obverse: bust of marcus aurelius, laureate, drapery on left shoulder, right. Reverse: salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand. Weight about 24.1 g, diameter 31.1 mm.
obverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 981
obverse: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, drapery on left shoulder, right
reverse RIC III Marcus Aurelius 981
reverse: Salus, draped, standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled round altar and holding sceptre in left hand
mint Rome weight 24.10g (4)
ruler Marcus Aurelius diameter ⌀31.1 (2)
denomination Sestertius axis 11↕ (4)
material Bronze technique Struck
country Roman Empire dataset OCRE — Online Coins of the Roman Empire
ODC-ODbL
obverse

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, drapery on left shoulder, right

M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIIII
reverse

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

SALVTI AVG COS III S C
specimens (5)
British Museum 26.54g 6↕
British Museum (RIC III)
Portable Antiquities Scheme 11.08g ⌀30.8 12↕
British Museum 30.62g 12↕
British Museum (RIC III)

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RIC III Marcus Aurelius 981 (ric.3.m_aur.981), 169–170 AD. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/ric-iii-marcus-aurelius-981/ (accessed: 2026-08-08). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA

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