Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius IMP VI COS III S C RELIG AVG, Mercury

€263,780.00
IssuerRoman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year172-173
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
CurrencyDenarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
CompositionBronze
Weight25.6 g
Dimensions31 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#1075, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.1075
Obverse descriptionHead of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, right.
Obverse scriptLatin
Obverse letteringM 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 descriptionStatue 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.
Reverse scriptLatin
Reverse letteringIMP 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).)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (172-173)  - -
Catalog ID9361069940
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