Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30mm, 19.04 g 12), Rome, summer- December 166. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. TR POT XX IMP IIII COS III / S - C Victory standing right, inscribing VIC / PAR, on round shield propped on palm tree. Banti 431. BMC 1289. Cohen 807. RIC 931. A splendid piece with an attractive dark brown patina. Extremely fine.


From the Stoecklin Collection, purchased from F. Sternberg in Zürich in 1963.