Second Known

267, Lot: 257. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Nicaea. Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. Æ (28mm, 15.54 g, 6h). Laureate bust of Antoninus Pius right, slight drapery / Marcus Aurelius on horse rearing right, holding spear. RG 121 = RPC Online temp. no. 5905. Good Fine, brown patina, corroded surfaces. Extremely rare - only this and the RG specimen are apparently known, this being the finer of the two.