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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 5472884, member: 85693&quot;]Replying to my own post - how gauche!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But this seems to be Marcus Aurelius.&nbsp; The obverse legend - not very clear in my photo, but clear enough in hand, spells out:&nbsp; M ANTONINVS AVG...</p><p><br /></p><p>According to OCRE, there are no obverse busts of Verus with that legend.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238438[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1238439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Still a bit of a guess on this one: </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius&nbsp; &nbsp; Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(175 A.D.)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b></p><p><b>Rome Mint</b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG [GERM SARMATIC]VS, laureate head r./ TR P X[XIX I]M[P VIII COS III] S C: Annona standing left, holding corn-ears &amp; cornucopiae modius with corn-ears &amp; poppy l.</p><p>RIC 1154 (only Annona rev. with non-draped bust in OCRE). </p><p>(19.84 grams / 28 mm)</p><p><br /></p><p>Corrections and/or alternative interpretations always welcome![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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