Details
LOT 3627
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 171. Rome mint.
IMP • M • ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within wreath. RIC III 1006; MIR 18, 219-6/30; Banti 241. Near Extremely Fine.(29.63gr, 31mm, 11h.).
Provenance
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, lot 4494 (since professionally cleaned and re-worked).
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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