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Beautiful 'Tiber' Patina Click image to view larger Description: Marcus Aurelius Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 163. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, Salus standing facing, head left, feeding out of patera in right hand a snake coiled around and rising from an altar, cradling sceptre in left arm, S-C across fields; COS III in exergue. RIC 844; MIR 18, 54-6/32; Banti 287; BMC 1042. 24.94g, 32mm, 11h. Good Extremely Fine. Ex Triton XII, 6 January 2009, lot 633. This coin displays a beautiful 'Tiber' patina and very good preservation of detail. Beautiful, untouched fields.