271, Lot: 83. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 27.52 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 176-177. M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXXI, laureate head right / IMP VIII COS III P P, S-C across field, DE SARMATIS in exergue, pile of arms consisting of cuirass, shields, helmet, vexillum, carnyces, and spears. RIC III 1190; MIR 18, 373-18/30; Banti 67. Good VF, attractive brown patina, short edge split. Rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 15 (18 May 1999), lot 378.