135, Lot: 120. Estimate $200. Sold for $321. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MARCUS AURELIUS. 161-180 AD. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 21.76 g). Rome mint. Struck 169-170 AD. Laureate head right / Salus standing left, feeding from patera serpent arising from altar and holding sceptre. RIC III 979; BMCRE 1376; Cohen 547. VF, dark green patina.
From the Marc Poncin Collection. Ex William C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 447; purchased private treaty from W. S. Lincoln, London, May 1902.