Some help with a problematic RIC please

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  1. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

    Good day ladies and gentlemen,
    I thought this poor coin was surely a Marcus Aurelius but I realized I have no clue about it.


    8.75 g 25.15 mm
    (I tried to take the best photos I could and edited them a little but I still don't like them)
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    The obverse visible legend is AVRELIVS, so Marcus Aurelius . I studied it as close as I could and it is not Lucius Aelius.
    The reverse .... TR POT .... ...... ...... probably Minerva with a spear but that's all I'm sure about.
    Any help is greatly appreciated.
    My guess was http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.1284A_as but it just doesnt look close enough.
     
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  3. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

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  4. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

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  5. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Maybe this?
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    Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139 - 161 AD
    AE Sestertius, Rome Mint, 31mm, 24.22 grams
    Obverse: AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F, Bare head, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus right.
    Reverse: TR POT XIII COS II S C, Virtus standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium.
    RIC1349Ab


    https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5999782
     
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  6. ambr0zie

    ambr0zie Dacian Taraboste

    Thank you.
    A sestertius would have been even nicer in my collection, but for the time being this As will do :)
    A pity it's worn exactly where it would be clear to be attributed but it's OK.
     
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