238, Lot: 232. Estimate $200. Sold for $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYDIA, Nicaea. Marcus Aurelius, with Faustina Junior. AD 161-180. Æ (22mm, 3.65 g, 7h). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Marcus right, vis-à-vis diademed and draped bust of Faustina left / Dionysos standing left, leaning on column, holding bunch of grapes . SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Von Aulock -; LS -; RPC Online - (but cf. temp. no. 1222 for same obv. die, different rev. type). Fine, green patina. Rare, unpublished in the standard references.