394, Lot: 487. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 23.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Minerva advancing right, wearing mantle made of the skin of
Amalthea goat, brandishing javelin and holding shield. RIC III 1244 (Pius) corr. (stylized mantle, not tree); Banti 291. VF, dark brown patina, some red, pit on obverse, some cleaning marks, edge split.