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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spaniard, post: 3977739, member: 90248&quot;]Happy New Year to all!</p><p><br /></p><p>Well here&#039;s my first purchase of 2020....A Marcus Aurelius Sestertius..</p><p><br /></p><p>Hoping some of the experts here can give more light on the significance of the reverse design ???...</p><p>I&#039;m assuming this coin was minted to commemorate the victory over the Marcomanni in late AD171 when the Germanic invaders were defeated and evicted from Roman territory...Any help much appreciated thanks Paul.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1047039[/ATTACH] </p><p>Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius. Rome mint. Struck AD 171...(32mm, 24.68 g)</p><p>Obv. Laureate head right, IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TRP XXV</p><p>Rev. Fides standing left, holding Victory and standard, FIDES EXERCITVVM COS III SC</p><p>RIC III 998</p><p><br /></p><p>Please feel free to post your coins of Marcus Aurelius.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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