RIC III Marcus Aurelius 1074
Denomination: sestertius
Material: ae
Authority: marcus_aurelius
Mint: rome
Manufacture: struck
Date: 0172 to 0173
Obverse legend: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII
Obverse: Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right
Obverse portrait: marcus_aurelius
Reverse legend: IMP VI COS III S C RELIG AVG
Reverse: Statue of Mercury, wearing petasus and short robe, standing front, head left, on base, holding purse in right hand and caduceus in left hand, within a tetrastyle temple; columns are telamons; the pediment is semicircular and contains, from left to right, tortoise, cock, ram, petasus, winged caduceus, and purse
Reverse portrait: mercury