Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 31 mm, 25.77 g, 12 h), Rome, 162. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right, with slight drapery over his shoulders. Rev. CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI / COS III / S - C Marcus Aurelius, togate, on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands, each holding a scroll in his left hand. BMC 1011. Cohen 54 var. (no drapery). MIR 30-6/32. RIC 827. A very attractive example with a beautiful turquoise patina. Thin flan crack and with very minor roughness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Art Coins Roma 4, 5 December 2011, 993.