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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3719261, member: 85693&quot;]Nice looking sestertius, thejewk.&nbsp; Most of mine don&#039;t have full legends they way yours does.&nbsp; The reverse artistry is exquisite - and it is one of the few Virtus types I&#039;ve seen that looks definitely to be a woman.&nbsp; Virtus is gender-confusing to me - and here is Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The deity was represented in a variety of ways, for example, on the coins of&nbsp; Tetricus, they could appear as <span style="color: #ff4d4d">a matron, an old man, or a young man</span>, with a javelin, battle helmet, or only clothed in a cape.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a fine article on Virtus from FORVM:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.forumancientcoins.com/moonmoth/reverse_virtus.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a very hard-to-photograph Marcus Aurelius sestertius with Virtus standing.&nbsp; It suffers from a really crude attempt to remove what was maybe a nice green patina (I didn&#039;t do it, I promise).&nbsp; It is somewhat easier to see in hand, but it is still &quot;camouflaged&quot; by uneven raw brass/patina.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I posted it a while back because I was interested in Virtus as a type for Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; My post was not very clear because I made it sound as if I were fishing for &quot;rarity.&quot;&nbsp; Mostly I was interested in Virtus.&nbsp; When I posted this, I thought Virtus was a scarce type for Marcus Aurelius, but I was not very familiar with using OCRE at that time - but just now I got 57 hits in all metals.&nbsp; So obviously, Virtus was an important type for Aurelius:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Virtus%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Marcus+Aurelius%22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet%3A%22Virtus%22+AND+portrait_facet%3A%22Marcus+Aurelius%22" rel="nofollow">http://numismatics.org/ocre/results?q=deity_facet:&quot;Virtus&quot;+AND+portrait_facet:&quot;Marcus+Aurelius&quot;</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s my original post: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/marcus-aurelius-sestertius-virtus-rare-does-it-matter.321327/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/marcus-aurelius-sestertius-virtus-rare-does-it-matter.321327/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/marcus-aurelius-sestertius-virtus-rare-does-it-matter.321327/</a> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcus-aurelius-sestertius-virtus-aug-2018c-jpg.808999/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(172-173 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate, cuirassed bust right / [IMP VI COS III]</p><p>SC, Virtus, standing right, holding spear resting on shield</p><p>RIC 1069.</p><p>(25.82 grams / 30 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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