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Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D.
In Roman religion, every man has a genius, a presiding spirit. In De Die Natali, Censorinus says, from the moment we are born, we live under the guard and tutelage of Genius. Cities, organizations, and peoples also had a genius. On coins, we find inscriptions to the Genius of the Roman people, of the Senate, of the Emperor, etc. Genius' image is of a man usually with a cloak half covering the shoulders leaving the rest of his body naked, holding a simpulum or patera in one hand, and most often a cornucopia in the other hand. Here Genius wears military garb and holds an aquila, a Roman legionary eagle, indicating he is Genius Exercitus, the genius of the army.RB87540. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III AP1302A (S), BMCRE VI A1911, Cohen III 648 (6f.), SRCV II 4813, Hunter II 62 var. (slight drapery), aF, dark patina, centered, scrape, scratches, weak legends, edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 26.393g, maximum diameter 31.9mm, die axis 180o, as caesar, 151 - 152 A.D.; obverse AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL, bare-headed draped bust right, seen from behind; reverse TR POT VI COS II, Genius Exercitus (Spirit of the Army) standing slightly left, head left, sacrificing with patera in right hand over flaming and garlanded altar, aquila in left hand, S C (senatus consulto) flanking across field; scarce; SOLD
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