Marcus Aurelius

Sestertius · Bronze

RIC III 1074

Obverse

Bust of Marcus Aurelius, laureate, draped, cuirassed, right

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