| Issuer | Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD) |
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| Year | 166 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius |
| Currency | Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215) |
| Composition | Bronze |
| Weight | 23.7 g |
| Diameter | 31 mm |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reference(s) | RIC III#1456, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.1456 |
| Obverse description | Head of Lucius Verus, laureate, right. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX (Translation: Lucius Verus Augustus, Armeniacus, Parthicus Maximus. Lucius Verus, emperor (Augustus), conqueror of the Armenians, great conqueror of the Parthians.) |
| Reverse description | Victory, winged, half-draped, standing front, head right, fixing to a palm-tree with left hand shield inscribed VIC AVG and holding palm sloped upward to right shoulder in right hand; sometimes at foot of palm-tree, a shield. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
| Reverse lettering | TR POT VI IMP IIII COS II S C (Translation: Tribunicia Potestate Sexta, Imperator Quartum, Consul Secundum. Senatus Consultum. Holder of tribunician power for the sixth time, supreme commander (Imperator) for the fourth time, consul for the second time. Decree of the senate.) |
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| Mintage | ND (166) - - |
| Numisquare ID | 3551448300 |
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