Triton XV, Lot: 1389. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Ephesus. Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ (34mm, 23.49 g, 6h). • AY KAI M AY ANTΩNINOC, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [B] NЄOK ΠP-Ω ACIAC, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, each togate, standing to either side of cult statue of Artemis Ephesia; ЄΦЄCIΩN. BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 1891 var. (rev. legend; same obv. die); SNG München -; SNG Hunterian 1707 var. (same; same obv. die). Near EF, green patina. Very rare, particularly with
NЄOK in reverse legend.
From Group CEM. Ex Aufhäuser 8 (9 October 1991), lot 424.