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Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. M ΛNTONINVS ΛVG ΛRMENIΛCVS, laureate head right / P M TR P XX IMP III COS III, Felicitas, draped, standing left, right foot on globe, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 153; MIR 18, 124-2/30; Calicó 1899 (this coin illustrated); BMCRE p. 439, note 393; Adda 276 (this coin – wrong photo of rev.); Biaggi –; Jameson –; Mazzini –. Lustrous. Superb EF. Portrait of artistic merit.
From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 119 (with Jesús Vico, 6 October 2020), lot 103; The Property of a Lady Collection (Christie’s, 8 October 1985), lot 103; Victor A. Adda (†1965) Collection.
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