412, Lot: 559. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. Bare head right / Divus Marcus, holding scepter, seated left on back of eagle flying right, holding thunderbolt in talons. RIC III 660 (Commodus); MIR 18, 486-6/10; Banti 50. Fine, brown surfaces, smoothed and tooled, flan flaw on reverse.
From the Matthew Rich Collection. Ex R. D. Frederick Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 286, 5 September 2012), lot 352.