199, Lot: 343. Estimate $100. Sold for $332. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Nysa. Marcus Aurelius, with Faustina Junior. AD 161-180. Æ 22mm (6.89 g, 6h). Bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius right, vis-à-vis bare-headed and draped bust of Faustina Junior / Dionysus standing left, holding kantharus over panther and thyrsus. Regling, Nysa 95; LS 14; Weber 6867. Near VF, green patina. Rare.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.