Details
LOT 3461
Marcus Aurelius AE 27mm of Adraa, Arabia. Dated CY 70 (AD 175/6).
[ΑΥΤ] Μ ΑΥ ΑΝΤΟΝΙΝΟϹ(sic), laureate head to right / ΔΟΥϹΑΡΗϹ ΘЄΟϹ ΑΔΡΑΗΝധΝ Є ΒO (date), dome-shaped baetyl on altar supported by columns; head of ibex to left and right, flight of stairs between columns. RPC IV.3 Online 6721; Rosenberger 2; SNG ANS 1131. Near Very Fine. Rare.(11.29gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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