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Marcus Aurelius, 7 March 161 - 17 March 180 A.D.
Primi Decennales - The first period of ten years. This epigraph (with COS. III. in a crown of oak) appears for the first time, either abridged or at full length, on coins, in all three metals, of Antoninus Pius, and afterward on those of his immediate successors, M. Aurelius and Commodus. These Decennales (says Eckhel) like the vota, whether suscepta or soluta, were doubtless celebrated for the health and safety of the reigning emperor. Recorded in the first instance during the reign of the Antonines, they afterward became a constantly recurring subject of numismatic inscription, and especially in the age of the Constantines. -- Dictionary of Roman CoinsRB92450. Orichalcum sestertius, RIC III 1006 (S), MIR 18 219-6/30, Cohen III 497, BMCRE IV 1398, Hunter II 151, SRCV II 4992 var. (obv leg), VF, centered on a tight flan, scattered light porosity, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 23.400g, maximum diameter 28.8mm, die axis 180o, Dec 170 - Dec 171 A.D.; obverse IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head right; reverse PRIMI / DECEN/NALES / COS III / S C, (first 10 years [of successful rule complete], consul three times, senatus consulto [=struck with permission of the senate]), legend in five lines within oak wreath; from the Errett Bishop Collection; scarce; SOLD
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