132, Lot: 209. Estimate $75. Sold for $101. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANONYMOUS ISSUES. Period of Marcus Aurelius. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 2.26 g). Veiled child's head right, representing winter / S C in wreath of flowers. RIC II pg. 219, 35; J. van Heesch, "Une représentation remarquable des quatre saisons sur semisses de l'époque antoninienne," SPNO I, 1; Cohen 30. Fine, reddish-brown patina, irregular flan.

The head on the obverse has been identified as Annius Verus, a son of Marcus Aurelius (Cohen). Van Heesch, in Studia Paulo Naster Oblata I, pp. 193-197, distinguished four types of busts in the series, and connects them with representations of the four seasons. This piece is identified as Winter.