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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 633. Estimate $1500. 
Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. 
Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (24.93 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, COS III in exergue, S C across field, Salus standing facing, head left, feeding out of patera in right hand a snake coiled around and rising from an altar, cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 844; MIR 18, 54-6/32; Banti 287; BMCRE 1042. EF, attractive brown patina. Attractive portrait and surfaces.