Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 1546. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (22.81 g, 12h). Struck AD 158-159. Bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Virtus standing right, holding spear and parazonium, left foot on helmet. RIC III 1349Bb (Pius); Banti 380. VF, green patina.
Ex Cornelius C. Vermeule III Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 50, 23 June 1999), lot 203; Rev. Thomas Calvert Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 26 March 1897), lot 50.