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132, Lot: 210. Estimate $75.
Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANONYMOUS ISSUES. Period of Marcus Aurelius. Æ Quadrans (16mm, 2.95 g). Draped bust of small boy representing autumn, crowned with reeds / S C within a wreath of olive branches. Cf. RIC II p. 219, 35; J. van Heesch, "Une représentation remarquable des quatre saisons sur semisses de l'époque antoninienne," SPNO I, 2. VF, dark brown patina, flan flaw on edge.

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 Autumn.