Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 24.69 g, 7 h), Rome, 173. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII Laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius to right, with slight drapery on far shoulder. Rev. IMP VI COS III / S C / RELIG AVG Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding caduceus and purse, within temple with four herms as columns; within semicircular pediment, the symbols of Mercury, tortoise, cockerel, ram, caduceus, winged helmet, and purse. Banti 257. RIC 1075 var. (bust type). Cohen 535. With an attractive brown patina, and a finely detailed reverse. Good very fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired in the early 1950s from the estate of the late Dr. L. Naegeli of Zürich (died in 1951). Ex Münzhandlung Basel 1, 28 June 1934, 1220.