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NYINC Signature Sale 3071 6-7 Jan 2019
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Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar (AD 139-161). AV aureus (19mm, 7.20 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 154-155. AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII F, bare-headed, draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right, seen from behind / TR PO-T-VIIII COS II, Roma standing facing, head left, Victory in right hand, parazonium in left. Cf. RIC II (Antoninus Pius) 464a. BMCRE (Pius) 840. Calicó 1950a (corrected, without cuirass as described in text). Crisply struck and problem-free, with a pleasing high-relief portrait of Marcus as a man in his prime, at age 34.
From the Morris Collection.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 6000-7000 USD
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar (AD 139-161). AV aureus (19mm, 7.20 gm, 11h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5. Rome, AD 154-155. AVRELIVS CA-ESAR AVG PII F, bare-headed, draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right, seen from behind / TR PO-T-VIIII COS II, Roma standing facing, head left, Victory in right hand, parazonium in left. Cf. RIC II (Antoninus Pius) 464a. BMCRE (Pius) 840. Calicó 1950a (corrected, without cuirass as described in text). Crisply struck and problem-free, with a pleasing high-relief portrait of Marcus as a man in his prime, at age 34.
From the Morris Collection.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 6000-7000 USD