Ancient Gold
Lot 3162 Session 11 (9.30am Friday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $2,500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $2,800
MARCUS AURELIUS, (A.D. 161-180), gold aureus, Rome mint, issued A.D. 162, (7.152 grams), obv. laureate bust of Marcus Aurelius draped and cuirassed to right, around IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, rev. around CONCORDIAE AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS III, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus standing facing each other with clasped hands, (cf.S.4853, RIC 11, C.69). Very fine and rare.
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