Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34 mm, 24.86 g, 11 h), Rome, 169. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIII Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. SALVTI AVG•COS III / S - C Salus standing front, head to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and holding long scepter in her left. BMC 1351. Cohen 544. MIR 182-6/30. RIC 964. Attractive earthen highlights on a beautiful olive green patina. Minor areas of weakness and with small flan faults on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, ex Künker 216, 8 October 2012, 1045.