Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Actium

CNG 105, Lot: 908. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Restitution issue of Mark Antony legionary type. Rome mint. Struck AD 165-166. Praetorian galley left / Aquila between two signa; LEG VI across field. RIC III 443 (Aurelius and Verus); MIR 18, 120-4 (Aurelius); RSC 83 (Antony). EF, deeply toned. Well struck and centered.

From the estate of Dr. Robert B. Beckett, Jr. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1817.