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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Marcus Aurelius, Sestertius, Rome, 164-5, laureate bust right, m avrel antoninvs avg armeniacvs p m, rev. vict avg tr pot xix imp ii cos iii, Emperor in military attire standing left, holding spear, flanked by four standards, s c in exergue, 28.52g (RIC 908; C 804). About extremely fine, dark brown patina £800-1,000
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 177.
In the decade after 161 the emperors were preoccupied with military affairs, with various campaigns in Armenia, Germania, Mesopotamia, Parthia and Syria
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Marcus Aurelius, Sestertius, Rome, 164-5, laureate bust right, m avrel antoninvs avg armeniacvs p m, rev. vict avg tr pot xix imp ii cos iii, Emperor in military attire standing left, holding spear, flanked by four standards, s c in exergue, 28.52g (RIC 908; C 804). About extremely fine, dark brown patina £800-1,000
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 177.
In the decade after 161 the emperors were preoccupied with military affairs, with various campaigns in Armenia, Germania, Mesopotamia, Parthia and Syria