Lot description:
Very Fine | ROMAN EMPIRE. Marcus Aurelius.
Bronze sestertius, AD 161. Rome.
Obv: IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PROV DEOR TR P XV COS III, Providentia, draped, standing facing, head left, holding globe and cornucopiae; S-C across fields.
Very Fine.
Reference: RIC III-812 var. (bust type); BMCRE-842 var. (same).
Rarity: Extremely Rare with this bust type; unrecorded in the standard reference works.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, December 2017.
Die Axis: 11h.
Diameter: 33 mm.
Weight: 23.11 g.
Composition: Bronze.
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Estimate: 200 GBP
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