112, Lot: 110. Estimate $150. Sold for $141. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PONTUS, Amasia. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 35mm (23.90 gm). Dated CY 164 (162/163 AD). Laureate, draped and cuirased bust right, seen from behind / ADR AMAC NEWK MHT K PRW PO[NT K], ET R[XD] (date) in exergue, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing facing one another, clasping hands. BMC Pontus 3 var. (year 169); RG, pl. IV, 20 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 24. VF, dark green patina with some traces of red, light smoothing in fields.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.