Marcus Aurelius Caesar, 139-161 Sestertius circa 158-159, Æ 33mm., 24.18g. Bare head r. Rev. Virtus, standing r., left foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium. C 748. RIC A. Pius 1349Ba.
Untoched dark green patina,minor corrosions otherwise Good Very Fine.
Ex Busso Peus sale 417, 2016, 329. From the F. von Schennis collection.
According to the collector's note from the Friedrich von Schennis Collection, Düsseldorf. This was auctioned in 1891 by the L. & L. Hamburger company in Frankfurt am Main. Possibly it is the catalog number 173, the back of which, however, as Mars n. L. is described (misprint?).