300, Lot: 137. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Philippopolis. Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ (20mm, 3.89 g, 12h). AV KAI M AV ANT KO[...], laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / She-wolf right, suckling the twins Remus and Romulus. Varbanov 844 corr. (see below; same dies). VF, green patina.

Varbanov’s 844, which is given a rarity rating of R6 and illustrated by a very poor specimen, is placed under Marcus Aurelius. Both the bust type and obverse legend given in his work are incorrect.