Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Bronze, 30 mm, 24.88 g,

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Bronze, 30 mm, 24.88 g, 12 h), Rome, 163. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right, with slight drapery on his left shoulder. Rev. SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII / COS III / S - C Salus standing front, head to left, feeding serpent coiled around altar from patera held in her right hand holding scepter in her left. BMC 1042. Cohen -. RIC 844. A lovely example with an attractive patina and an excellent pedigree. Good very fine.


Ex Obolos 9, 25 March 2018, 296, from the collection of Dr. Walter M. Stoecklin, Nomos 14, 17 May 2017, 369, and from the collection of Christian August, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1744-1798), Münzhandlung Basel 3, 4-5 March 1935, 542.