Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 179-180. M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXXIIII, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VIRTVS AVG IMP X COS III P P, Virtus seated to right, holding spear and parazonium; S-C across fields. RIC III 1249 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1711 var. (same). 22.46g, 30mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine; striking portrait and pleasant dark green patina. Extremely Rare with this bust type, seemingly the first to come to auction since 2013, with only one other example on CoinArchives.

From the Antonio Carmona Collection.