Sale: Nomos 6, Lot: 148. Estimate CHF4250.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 May 2012.  Sold For CHF3600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Pergamon, Mysia. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180. 4 Assaria (Bronze, 35mm, 23.34 g 6), T. Claudius Aristeas, strategos, 169-175. ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡΗΛΙ ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝΟC Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. ΕΠΙ CΤΡΑ Τ ΚΛΑΥ ΑΡΙCΤΕΟΥ ΠΕΡΓΑΜΗΝΩΝ / Β ΝΕΟΚΟΡΩΝ Zeus, draped from the waist, seated left on high backed throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and Nike in his right. BMC 288. Rare. With an attractive dark, blackish green patina. Nearly extremely fine.

From the M Collection, ex Gorny & Mosch 133, 11 October 2004, 320.