Ancients
Marcus Aurelius, as Augustus (AD 161-180). AE sestertius (33mm, 25.73 gm, 11h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, Fine Style. Rome, December AD 162-autumn AD 163. IMP CAES M AVREL-ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius right, drapery on left shoulder / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, Salus standing facing, head left, feeding snake coiled around altar at left from patera in right hand, transverse scepter in left; S-C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 844. Superb, fine style portrait.
From the T. R. Fehrenbach Collection
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Estimate: 1000-2000 USD