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Auction 132  30-31 May 2022
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Lot 550

Estimate: 20 000 CHF
Price realized: 36 000 CHF
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Marcus Aurelius caesar, 139 – 161
Aureus 147-148, AV 7.35 g. AVRELIVS – CAESAR AVG P II F Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust r. Rev. TR POT II – COS II Fides, draped, standing r., holding two grain ears downwards in r. hand and basket of fruit on raised l. hand. C 610. BMC A. Pius 641. RIC A. Pius 440b. Jameson 127 (this coin). Calicó 1926a (these dies).
An impressive portrait perfectly centred and struck in very high relief.
Virtually as struck and almost Fdc

Ex Hirsch sale XV, 1906, 1398. From the Jameson collection.

Graded MS Strike 5/5 Surface 3/5 Fine Style, NGC certification number 6159320-009.

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