Marcus Aurelius, 161-180. Sestertius (Orichalcum, 30 mm, 29.14 g, 12 h), Rome, 172-173. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII Laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. VICT / GERMA / IMP.VI / COS III / S C within laurel wreath. Banti 498. BMC 1455. Cohen 995. RIC 1090. A bold coin with a fine dark greenish brown patina. Extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, and from the collection of the Belgian Ph. S., ex Tkalec & Rauch, 14 April 1986, 328, once in a British collection through the 1950s, and from the collection of C. S. Bement, Naville VIII, 25 June 1924, 1046 (there bought by A. H. Baldwin on behalf of a client).