Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI S C COS III; Salus

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor	Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	161-162
Value	1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius
Currency	Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition	Bronze
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 263540
References	RIC III# 840 Harold Mattingly, Edward Allen Sydenham; 2003. The Roman Imperial Coinage / Volume 3. Antoninus Pius – Commodus (AD 138–192) (Reprint). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , OCRE# ric.3.m_aur.840 Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

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Obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M

Translation:
Imperator, Caesar, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Pontifex Maximus.
Supreme commander (Imperator), Caesar, Antoninus [Pius] emperor (Augustus), high priest.

Reverse

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

Script: Latin

Lettering: SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI S C COS III

Translation:
Saluti Augustorum. Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Decima, Senatus Consultum, Consul Tertium.
To the health of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the 16th time by decree of the senate, consul for the third time.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

Comments

Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (161-162)

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