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Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius VICT AVG TR POT XX IMP IIII COS III S C; Victory

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Issuer RomeRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
Type Standard circulation coins
Year 166
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#
263642
References RIC III# 941
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.941
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/)

Obverse

Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M

Translation:
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, Armeniacus, Pontifex Maximus.
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Armenians, high priest.

Reverse

Victory, winged, draped, towered, flying left, holding garland with both hands.

Script: Latin

Lettering: VICT AVG TR POT XX IMP IIII COS III S C

Translation:
Victoria Augusti. Tribunicia Potestate Vicesima, Imperator Quartum, Consul Tertium. Senatus Consultum.
Victory of the emperor (Augustus). Holder of tribunician power for the 20th time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the third time. Decree of the senate.

Mint

Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)

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