149, Lot: 263. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Koinon of Cyprus. Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. Æ 31mm (25.46 g). AVT K T AIL ADRI ANTW NINOC CEB EV, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Antoninus Pius right / M AU[RHLIOC KAI]CAP VIOC CEB[AC], bare-headed, draped and bearded bust of Marcus Aurelius right. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Cyprus 42. VF, brown surfaces, porous.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (24 August 1970), lot 195.

Few of the references make note of the fact that the portrait of Marcus Aurelius progressively ages on this Cypriot series, from a youth to a bearded man.