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LOT 3630
Marcus Aurelius AE As. AD 174-175. Rome mint.
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIX, laureate head to right / IMP VII COS III, The Tiber reclining to left, resting his right arm on the prow of boat, and his left elbow on pitcher from which water flows; S C across fields. RIC III 1142; Cohen 348. Very Fine.(10.61gr, 25mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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