Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Actium

CNG 105, Lot: 909. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.47 g, 12h). 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). Good VF, deeply toned, minor porosity.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 73 (13 September 2006), lot 629; Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 1765.