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Lot 88. Marcus Aurelius Sestertius, Mars reverse

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Magnificent Aurelius Sestertius
Marcus Aurelius Sestertius, Mars reverse

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Bidding closed (Sunday, January 15th, 19:44:00 CET)
Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 19:22:55 CET

Price realised: CHF 750.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 805.64 / USD 839.32 / GBP 669.90

High bidder: Bidder 2

eAuction #2, Lot 88. Estimate: CHF 750.00

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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