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25 March 2018
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Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  302 CHF
Lot 293

Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 32 mm, 24.04 g, 11 h), struck under Antoninus Pius, Rome, 145-147. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS II Bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. S C Marcus Aurelius, holding eagle-tipped scepter, standing right in ornamented car, leading triumphal quadriga to right. Banti 295. BMC 1781 (Pius). Cohen 582. RIC 1246 (Pius). Dark olive-grey/brown patina, with a fine bust of Aurelius. Edge bangs and a couple of flan cracks, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, bought from H. Nussbaum in Zürich in the 1930s.

Online bidding closes: 25 Mar 2018, 17:56:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 11:57:24 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:302 CHF by vulcan (8 bids)
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