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Details
LOT 3600
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.(27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
Acquired from David Miller, April 2014.
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