Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. Rome, AD 171-172. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, Mars standing to right, holding vertical spear and resting hand on shield set on ground. RIC III 261; BMCRE 555; RSC 290. 2.62g, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone.
Ex Numismatica Ibercoin, Online Auction 57, 11 November 2021, lot 340 (since professionally cleaned).
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 227, 8 May 2003, lot 807 (part of).