Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III S C

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 161-162
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
Weight 24.9 g
Diameter 33 mm
Thickness
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) RIC III#823, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.823
Obverse description Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering IMP 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 description Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, togate, standing left and right, facing one another and clasping right hands; Marcus Aurelius holds scroll in left hand.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III S C
(Translation: Concordia Augustorum, Tribunicia Potestate Sexta Decima, Consul Tertium, Senatus Consultum. Harmony of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the 16th time, consul for the third time. Decree of the senate.)
Edge
Mint
Mintage ND (161-162) - -
Numisquare ID 5398650920
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