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Lot 302

Estimate: 350 USD
Price realized: 345 USD
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Marcus Aurelius. Sestertius; Marcus Aurelius; 161-180 AD, Rome, 166 AD, Sestertius, 23.80g. BM-1289, C-807, RIC-931. Obv: [M - AV]REL ANTONINVS AVG - ARM PAR[TH MAX] Head laureate r. Rx: TR POT XX IMP IIII - C - O - S III S - C Victory, naked to waist, standing r., holding palm branch and shield inscribed VIC / PAR that is set atop palm tree. The same type also occurs in two other varieties, the differences overlooked in the standard catalogues, namely with Victory standing left, head right, weight on left rather than left leg, Berk cc95064, April 2020; and with Victory standing right, but with right arm not lowered and holding palm branch, but bent to inscribe shield, BMC-1290, pl. 79.6.Some obverse porosity. EF
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