|  | Lot 88. Marcus Aurelius Sestertius, Mars reverseMagnificent Aurelius Sestertius 
    eAuction #2, Lot 88. Estimate: CHF 750.00
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              (Sunday, January 15th, 19:44:00 CET) Current time: Friday, October 31st, 14:45:47 CET
 
  
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            | Price realised: | CHF 750.00 (2 bids) Approx. EUR 807.82 / USD 934.71 / GBP 711.31
 
  
 
              
                Bid history  
                  
                    | Amount | Bidder | Date |  
                                            | CHF 750.00 | Bidder 2 * | 2012-01-12, 11:19:24 |  
                                            | CHF 700.00 | Bidder 1 * | 2012-01-10, 07:57:13 |   * User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on. |  
            | High bidder: | Bidder 2 |  |  
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 Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD). AE Sestertius (33 mm, 22.94 g), 163/164 AD, Rome (Roma).
 Obv. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS P M, Laureate head right, slight drapery on left shoulder
 Rev. TR P XVIII IMP II COS III / S-C, Mars standing right, holding spear; left hand on shield.
 RIC III, p. 282, 862; C. 838; BMC p. 559, 1088.
 
 Dark olive-green patina. About extremely fine/good very fine. Well struck on an impressive flan.
 
 From the P. A. collection, and ex Schweizerischer Bankverein (SBV) (Zurich) 6 (1980), 123 and Hess-Divo AG (Zurich) 307 (2007), 1623 and 311 (2008), 557.
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