214, Lot: 273. Estimate $100. Sold for $191. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MOESIA INFERIOR, Callatis. Marcus Aurelius & Lucius Verus. AD 161-169. Æ 24mm (7.57 g, 7h). MAP AVPH[...]NINOC CЄ, laureate and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right / KAΛΛATIANΩN AV KAI-Λ[...] OVHPOC, laureate and draped bust of Lucius Verus right. Unpublished in the standard references. Near VF, brown surfaces, pitted.

From the J.P. Righetti Collection, 8366.

Coins from Callatis with portraits of the Antonines are very rare; Varbanov even doubted the authenticity of the single type he lists for Marcus (Hygeia) and Lucius (Nike).