Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 27.77 g, 12 h), Rome, 161-162. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI / COS III Marcus Aurelius, togate on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands; in his left hand, Marcus Aurelius holds a scroll. BMC 1009. Cohen 54. RIC 826. A very attractive example with an excellent portrait and a fine brown patina. Very minor flan crack, otherwise, good very fine.


Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 100, 29 May 2017, 1907, previously acquired from the stock of Edward J. Waddell (inv. 53689).