★ Highly Artistic Dies ★

Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius (Caesar) AD 152-153 Æ Sestertius About Extremely Fine; a wonderful portrait struck from artistic dies
About Extremely Fine; light tooling - a wonderful portrait struck from artistic dies | ROMAN EMPIRE. Marcus Aurelius (Caesar).
Bronze sestertius, AD 152-153. Rome.
Obv: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, bare head right. Rev: TR POT VII COS II, Minerva, helmeted and draped, standing left, holding Victory and resting left hand on round shield set on ground, spear resting against left arm; S-C across fields.
About Extremely Fine; light tooling - a wonderful portrait struck from artistic dies.

Reference: RIC III-1308a (Antoninus Pius); BMCRE-1933 (Antoninus Pius); NAC 106, lot 966 (same dies).
Rarity: Rare; particularly so from these notable dies.
Provenance: from the Euclidean Collection; acquired from David Miller, July 2016.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 34 mm.
Weight: 25.71 g.
Composition: Bronze.

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