MARCUS AURELIUS AE SESTERTIUS
RIC 959, RSC 819, Good Very Fine, 31.7mm, 18.94 grams, Struck Circa. 168 C.E., Rome Mint
Obverse: M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX around laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right
Reverse: Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in right hand and palm in left, TR POT XXII IMP V COS III around
Ex: Jonathan Kern with tag stating coin from Sotheby Parke Bernet Auction, Lot 309 (part of). (Sotheby Parke Bernet was the earlier name of the firm now known as Sotheby's in the 1970's after it bought out Parke Bernet.)
Ex: Justice Frederic Rockwell Sanborn with his original handwritten tag (pictured). Purchased from Grabow in 1956
Frederic Rockwell Sanborn (1899 - 1973) was a prolific Federal judge and expert in international law. He represented the United States on the Supreme Restitution Court of Berlin after War Two. He received a Bachelors, Masters and law degree at Columbia University, and a Doctorate at Oxford.
