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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marsyas Mike, post: 3723382, member: 85693&quot;]Here is a Marcus Aurelius sestertius that looks similar to yours - note the full &quot;ANTONINVS&quot; in the inscription - but it starts with &quot;M&quot; for Marcus.&nbsp; See Doug&#039;s note above for other emperors using the name.&nbsp; I figured yours was Aurelius because of the beard - Marcus wore his longer and scragglier than the well-trimmed AP (bulgier eyes, pointier nose too).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]998123[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius</b></p><p><b>(174-175 A.D.)</b></p><p><b>Rome Mint </b></p><p>M ANTONINVS AVG GERM T[R P XXIX], laureate head r. / [LIBERALIT]AS AVG VII</p><p>[IMP VII COS III] SC, Liberalitas standing left holding coin-counter and cornucopiae.</p><p>RIC 1150</p><p>(25.02 grams / 29 mm)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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