101, Lot: 81. Estimate $100. Sold for $132. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Amasia. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 34mm (26.03 gm). Dated year 164=163-164 AD. Bare-headed and draped bust right / Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing facing each other, clasping hands, each holding a scroll; ET RXD (date) in exergue. BMC Pontus, etc. pg. 6, 3 var. (laureate head, different date); Waddington, RG pg. 32, 28. Fine, dark brown patina, scratches and obverse lightly double-struck. 

Ex Patrick Cooper Collection.