Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.19 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 172. M ΛNTONINVS ΛVG TR P XXVI, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IMP VI COS III, Marcus Aurelius, in military dress on left, standing left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and reversed, vertical spear in left, crowned by Victory, winged and draped, advancing left, holding palm frond, sloped upward by left shoulder in left hand; center dot. RIC III 264; MIR 18, 229-2/37; Calicó 1873 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 567 (same obv. die); Biaggi 856; Mazzini 308 v. EF. Lustrous.


From the Provence Collection.