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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2552060, member: 56859&quot;]It&#039;s gorgeous, Z!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one Marcus Aurelius posthumous sestertius and it has, uhm, <i>issues</i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure why I bought it.&nbsp; It was early in my collecting (I&#039;m still a relative newbie but this was 3 years ago) and there weren&#039;t any other bidders (red flag <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).&nbsp; The funky chicken standing on an egg made me laugh.&nbsp; Reason enough?&nbsp; Probably not but now it&#039;s mine.&nbsp; Where do you think the rest of the reverse letters went?&nbsp; Scraped away during smoothing/tooling?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg/v1/fill/w_822,h_415,al_c,lg_1,q_90/ae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg" 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.&nbsp; Rome</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; DIVVS M ANTONINVS PIVS, bare head right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; CONSECRATIO / S-C, eagle with spread wings on globe, facing, head left</p><p>Ref: RIC 656 (Commodus)</p><p><br /></p><p>Another sestertius, once again <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/57495/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/57495/">following Zumbly&#039;s lead</a>:</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 missing 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><br /></p><p>An Alexandrian depicting a sphinx in the pose of the Great Sphinx of Giza.&nbsp; Was it intended to be that particular sphinx, or just a coincidental pose?</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[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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