Ruler
Marcus Aurelius
Value
Sestertius
Reverse Legend
SALVTI AVG COS III Salus
Grade
Near extremely fine
Mint
Rome
Date
169 A.D.
Weigth and Diameter
26.70 g. 32 mm.
Metal
bronze
Roman Empire. - Marcus Aurelius, (161-180 A.D.) Bronze Sestertius (26.70 g. 32 mm.), Rome 169-170 A.D.
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIII, radiate head right /
SALVTI AVG COS III, Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding out of patera snake coiled round altar; S-C across fields.
RIC 979. C. 547.
nEF. Superb portrait. Lovely green-brown original patina.
2021-9103 (3989)