Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius and Commodus LIBERAL AVGVSTOR IMP VIII COS III P P S C

€263,919.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year176-177
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
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Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
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Reference(s) RIC III#1211, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.1211
Obverse descriptionHead of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringIMP 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 descriptionMarcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands and left arms at sides; behind them, officer, standing left; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopiae in left; below, citizen, togate, standing right on steps of platform, holding out fold of toga.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringLIBERAL AVGVSTOR IMP VIII COS III P P S C
(Translation: Liberalitas Augustorum, Imperator Octavum, Consul Tertium, Pater Patriae. Senatus Consultum. The liberality of the emperor (Augustus), supreme commander (Imperator) for the eighth time, consul for the third time, father of the nation. Decree of the senate.)
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MintageND (176-177)  - -
Catalog ID2000055530
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