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Details
LOT 3601
Marcus Aurelius AE Dupondius. AD 161-162. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, radiate head to right / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing with clasped hands; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 828; C. 58; BMCRE 1016. Near Very Fine.(11.85gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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