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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2453598, member: 56859&quot;]Nice coins, everyone!&nbsp; I&#039;d like to have many more Marcus Aurelius coins but at the moment there are just these three in my hoard:</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><br /></p><p>Zumbly has a <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/">nice writeup of his MA Temple of Mercury sestertius</a>.</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 looked for a crouched sphinx (Great Sphinx of Giza?) Roman Egyptian coin ever since seeing <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-great-sphinx.250571/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-the-great-sphinx.250571/">AJ&#039;s spectacular Domitian obol</a>.&nbsp; They are not easy to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>And this really weird funky chicken.&nbsp; I&#039;ve no idea what happened to the rest of the obverse legend.&nbsp; Tooled off??</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_76cf9341b2f5494a9c64a2ccb7bd4c7f.jpg_srb_p_685_346_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb&amp;hash=e9eb3d0dda775caf838518df1cb5e3c7" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>MARCUS AURELIUS, CE 161-180 </b></p><p><b>posthumous issue struck under Commodus in CE 180</b></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)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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