Bold Portrait of Marcus Aurelius

369, Lot: 492. Estimate $2500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.20 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 161. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV, COS III in exergue, S C across field, Marcus Aurelius standing right, holding volumen, and Lucius Verus standing left, vis-à-vis, clasping right hands. RIC III 795; MIR 18, 16-6/12; Banti 23. Good VF, dark green and brown patina, a couple of small pits. Well struck.