Details
LOT 3097
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Rome mint; struck AD 179(?). M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P [XXXIII?], laureate head to right / [FELICITAS AVG IMP X COS III P P?], Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1239; cf. Cohen 186; cf. BMC 1695. Fine.(27.23gr, 31mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a 1980s UK collection;
Property of a London antiquarian.
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