354, Lot: 552. Estimate $300. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (29mm, 22.94 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 171. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head right / VOTA SOL DECEN, C[OS III] in exergue, Marcus Aurelius standing facing, veiled head left, holding patera over altar to left. RIC 1014 var. (obv. and rev. legends); MIR 18, 221-6/30 var. (same); Banti 525 var. (same). VF, dark green patina with touches of red, smoothing. Appparently an unpublished variety with this combination of obverse and reverse legends.