CNG 106, Lot: 767. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.08 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • M • ΛNTONINVS ΛVG IMP II, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SΛLVTI ΛVGVSTOR TR P XVIII, COS III in exergue, Salus standing left, holding scepter and feeding out of patera serpent coiled around and rising from altar to left. RIC III 98; MIR 18, 73-2/17; Calicó 1921 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 244; Biaggi 869 (same obv. die). Good VF, underlying luster.