Harlan J. Berk

229th Buy or Bid Sale  –  19 November 2024

Harlan J. Berk, 229th Buy or Bid Sale

Ancient and World Coins

Tu, 19.11.2024, from 11:00 PM CET
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Description

Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. 40-as; Marcus Aurelius as Caesar; 139-161 AD, Rome, 156-159 AD, As, 10.84g. Not in Strack's Appendix I of hybrid coins, p. 324. Obv: [AVREL]IVS CAE[S] - ANT[ON AVG PII F] Head laureate r. Rx: AVGV - STA on l. and r., S - C across lower field, Vesta standing l., holding Palladium before her in r. hand and almost vertical scepter behind her in lowered l. hand. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection. This coin is a mule, combining an obverse legend of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar that was in use between 156 and 159 AD, with an "AVGVSTA, Vesta standing" reverse type of Diva Faustina I, like BM-1582, pl. 37.4.. aEF

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