275, Lot: 103. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 23.31 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 171-172. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / GERMANIA SVBACTA IMP VI COS III, Germania seated left at foot of trophy. RIC III 1023. VF, green and brown patina.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 50 (23 June 1999), lot 1544.

Alluding to the successes in battle over the Germanic tribes, RIC points out the use of 'subacta' instead of 'devicta', implying that the defeated tribes were, through the emperor's clemency, being treated kindly.