Sestertius - Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus LIB AVGVSTOR TR P XV S C COS III, Liberalitas

Issuer Roman Empire (27 BC - 395 AD)
Year 161
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sestertius = 1/4 Denarius
Currency Denarius, Reform of Augustus (27 BC – AD 215)
Composition Bronze
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Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
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Reference(s) RIC III#807, OCRE#ric.3.m_aur.807
Obverse description Bust of Marcus Aurelius, bare-headed, draped, 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, seated left on platform; before emperors and on platform Liberalitas, standing left, holding abacus in right hand and wand in left hand; below platform, man standing.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering LIB AVGVSTOR TR P XV S C COS III
(Translation: Liberalitas Augustorum, Tribunicia Potestate Quinta Decima, Senatus Consultum, Consul Tertium. The liberality of the emperor (Augustus), holder of tribunician power for the 15th time by decree of the senate, consul for the third time.)
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Mintage ND (161) - -
Numisquare ID 4042770070
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