Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius IMP VI COS III S C RELIG AVG; Mercury
Features
| Issuer |
Rome ›
Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
 |
|---|---|
| Emperor |
Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) (161-180)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 172-173 |
| Value | 1 Sestertius = ¼ Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 25.6 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 263780 |
| References | RIC III# 1075 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.1075Online Coins of the Roman Empire (http://numismatics.org/ocre/) |
Obverse
Head of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.
Script: Latin
Lettering: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII
Translation:
Marcus Antoninus Augustus, Tribunicia Potestate Septima Vicesima.
Marcus [Aurelius] Antoninus emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the 27th time.
Reverse
Statue of Mercury, wearing petasus and short robe, standing front, head left, on base, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand, within a tetrastyle temple; columns are telamons; the pediment is semicircular and contains, from left to right, tortoise, cock, ram, petasus, winged caduceus, and purse.
Script: Latin
Lettering: IMP VI COS III S C RELIG AVG
Translation:
Imperator Sextum, Consul Tertium. Senatus Consultum. Religio Augusti.
Supreme commander (Imperator) for the sixth time, consul for the third time. Decree of the senate. The religion of the emperor (Augustus).
Mint
Rome (ancient), Italy (?-476)Comments
Mass varies: 22.07–31.19 g;
Diameter varies: 30–32 mm;
Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
Diameter varies: 30–32 mm;
Example of this type:
American Numismatic Society (ANS)
Source:
Online Coins of the Roman Empire (OCRE)
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (172-173) | |||||||||||||||
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