Lot 2147

Sale 53 · Important Australian Coins & Banknotes

Cyprus, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, (A.D. 138-161), AE 32, (23.8 grams), issued c.140-150, obv. Antoninus Pius laureate head to right, around AYT K T AI**L [ADR ANTWNIN]O*C CEB E, rev. bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right, around M AVRH**L[IO*C KAICAP] VIOC CEBAC, (S.1523, BMC 48). Fine and scarce.

A dual portrait of both emperors is rather unusual, and only comes from Cyprus and a few city issues.