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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Adoptive Emperors| > |Marcus Aurelius| > RB76490
Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D.
|Marcus| |Aurelius|, |Marcus| |Aurelius,| |7| |March| |161| |-| |17| |March| |180| |A.D.|, In 165, the Parthians sued for peace after the Romans captured Artaxata, Seleucia on the Tigris, and Ctesiphon. Unfortunately the returning army brought with them a pandemic known as the Antonine Plague. The plague significantly depopulated the entire Roman Empire.
RB76490. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III 1147, BMCRE IV 1506, Hunter II 216, Cohen III 419, SRCV II 4989, aF, well centered, nice portrait, small deposits, Rome mint, weight 24.438g, maximum diameter 30.5mm, die axis 0o, Dec 174 - autumn 175 A.D.; obverse M ANTONINVS AVG GERM TR P XXIX, laureate head right; reverse LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP VII COS III (the 6th liberalitas by the Emperor, imperator 7 times, consul 3 times), Liberalitas standing left, raising counting board in right hand, cornucopia in left hand, S - C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; SOLD











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