Details
LOT 3128
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Rome mint; struck AD 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head to right with slight drapery on far shoulder / [IMP VIII COS] III P • P •, Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, togate, seated to left on curule chair on platform, extending right hands; behind them, officer, standing to left and holding sceptre; before them, Liberalitas, draped, standing to left, holding abacus in right hand and cornucopia in left, preparing to distribute donative to citizen mounting steps with outstretched hands holding toga below; S C across fields, LIBERALITAS AVG VII in two lines in exergue. RIC III 1208 var. (no drapery); Cohen 424 var. (same). Near Extremely Fine. Well-struck and detailed. Amazing dark olive-green patina. Extremely rare variant.(24.97gr, 31mm, 6h.).
Provenance
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, 29 May 2017, lot 1913.
Ex Hertfordshire, UK, collection.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection.
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LOT 3128
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
