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A holed brass sestertius of the emperor Marcus Aurelius with a Liberalitas reverse. Coin Type: Holed brass sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, Caesar 139-161 CE, Augustus 161-180 CE
Mint and Date: Rome, 174-175 CE.
Size and Weight: 30mm, 26.79g
Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG GERM TR P XXIX
Laureate head right.
Reverse: LIBERALITAS AVG VI IMP VII COS III S C
Liberalitas standing left, holding counting board at head height in front in right hand, cornucopia in left arm behind.
Provenance: Ancient Numismatic Enterprise (Vcoins), May 2007
Ref: RCV (2002) 4989; RIC III 1147.
BW Ref: 017 031 108
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