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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 26087931, member: 135271&quot;]Here is one of my latest ancients, an auction win that turned out to be a <i>major</i> rarity!</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1662509[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>MARCUS AURELIUS as Caesar, AD 139-161</i></p><p><i><p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Medallion (30.17mm, 10.27g, 12h)</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Struck AD 151-152. Rome mint</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Obverse: AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Reverse: TR POT VI COS II, nude figure standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, in his left hand a short staff; behind the altar stands a veiled woman (Pietas?) facing, head right, both arms raised in prayer</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>References: Gnecchi II p.32, 101 corr.; Mittag 248; Cohen —; Strack 621 (BBol)</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>Worn and rough surfaces, holed at 12h. An exceedingly rare bronze medallion struck for Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, previously known from just a single specimen in the Berlin Museum, acquired in 1860 and cited by Gnecchi, Strack, and Mittag. (Strack cited an additional example from Bologna, but Mittag was unable to confirm the existence of such a specimen.)</i></p></i></p><p style="text-align: center"><i><i>This coin is a double die match to the Berlin coin, the only known specimen in private hands, and apparently the first to come to light in more than 160 years.</i></p><p></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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