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ROMAN AND BYZANTINE COINS

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Medallion (Bronze, 40mm, 51.78 g 12), Rome, 168. M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. TR P XXII IMP IIII COS III Jupiter standing facing, with drapery over his arms, holding a thunderbolt in his right hand over a togate figure of Marcus Aurelius to left and, in his left hand, holding a long scepter over a togate figure of Lucius Verus. Cohen 886. Gnecchi 52, pl. 63, 3 (this coin illustrated). MIR 18, 1040-1/37. Very rare and with an extensive pedigree. Clear and attractive with a brown patina. Good very fine.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 64, 17 May 2012, 1197, Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004, 1563, Leu 71, 24 October 1997, 405, from the Niklovitz collection, Hamburger, 19 October 1925, 1076, and from the Berlin Cabinet, deaccessioned in 1910.