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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2828048, member: 56859&quot;]What a nightmare!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re all lovely but the sestertius is one I want to reach out and touch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My first MA was a sestertius.&nbsp; It&#039;s a &quot;problem&quot; coin purchased in my first months of collecting.&nbsp; I can&#039;t explain why I bought it other than it made me laugh (the eagle looks like a scrawny chicken standing atop an egg) and it is supposedly rare.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252Fmedia%252Fae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg%252Fv1%252Ffill%252Fw_822%252Ch_415%252Cal_c%252Clg_1%252Cq_90%252Fae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg%26hash%3D0c5da66952818f6e26799d058d934575&amp;hash=b3ed0407d9ea6476ef038755cea721a9" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>posthumous issue struck under Commodus in CE 180</p><p>sestertius; 27 mm, 22.8 gm. Rome</p><p>Obv: DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right</p><p>Rev: CONSECRATIO / S-C, eagle with spread wings on globe, facing, head left</p><p>Ref: RIC 656 (Commodus)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussestertius-temple-rt-jpg.459255/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>Sestertius; 31 mm, 24 gm; struck AD 173, Rome mint</p><p>Obv: laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right</p><p>Rev: Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse (it looks more like a patera to me); within temple with figural columns (telamones); on semicircular pediment, tortoise (unfortunately worn on this coin), cockerel, ram, caduceus, winged helmet, and purse; S-C across fields; RELIG AVG in exergue</p><p>Ref: RIC III 1074; MIR 18, 258-6/37; Banti 260</p><p>Zumbly&#039;s nice writeup of the type is <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/blame-it-on-the-rain-miracle.267122/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/blame-it-on-the-rain-miracle.267122/">here</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of Alexandrians:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/dattari-marcusaureliusuraeusdiobol-rt-jpg.554499/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius</b></p><p>year 12, CE 171/2</p><p>AE diobol, 22 mm, 7.53 gm</p><p>Obv: [MAV]PHΛIOC ANTω[ΝΙΝΟCCE]; laureate bust right</p><p>Rev: Uraeus serpent erect left, wearing headdress; &quot;holding&quot; sistrum and grain ear; LI - B across upper fields</p><p>Ref: Dattari 3605 and Pl. XXXII, 3605 (this coin). Dattari-Savio Pl. 193, 3605 (this coin); Geissen --; Emmett 2260.12, R5</p><p><i>ex Dattari collection (Giovanni Dattari, 1858-1923)</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/marcusaureliussphinxobol-rt-jpg.468934/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius as Caesar</b></p><p>AE obol, 20.5 mm, 6.0 gm. Alexandria.</p><p>Year 15 (CE 151/2)</p><p>Obv: MAVPHΛICKAICAP; bust right, bare head</p><p>Rev: Sphinx crouched right; LIE (date) above in left field</p><p>Ref: Emmett 1919.15, R5; Dattari 3221; <a href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/15684/?search&amp;stype=quick&amp;q=15684&amp;rno=1" rel="nofollow">RPC IV online 15684</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d love to get a youthful portrait denarius of MA, preferably with Antoninus Pius on the obverse.&nbsp; Apparently a bunch of other people would too.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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