BITHYNIA. Nicaea. Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar, 139-161. Tetrassarion (Bronze, 29 mm, 14.45 g, 12 h), circa 160-161. AYT KAIC M ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝЄΙΝΟϹ Bare head of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. [ΝΙ]ΚΑΙ[ΕΩΝ] Marcus Aurelius galloping right, wearing military dress, holding spear horizontally in his right hand. Unpublished and unique. An attractive coin with an unusual portrait, somewhat reminiscent of Aelius. Minor roughness and light scratches, otherwise, about very fine.



While this particular coin appears to be unpublished, it falls within a series struck during the latter part of Antoninus Pius' reign, and follows similar types both in the name of Antoninus Pius and also in the name of Marcus Aurelius as Augustus.