Marcus Aurelius. Denarius

Marcus Aurelius; 161-180 AD, Rome, 165 AD, Denarius, 3.30g. BMC-371 note. Obv: M ANTONINVS - AVG ARMENIACVS Bust laureate, cuirassed l. Rx: P M TR P XIX - IMP III COS III on l. and r., Annona standing l. holding two wheat ears and a cornucopia, at her feet a modius on the l. and a prow on the r. Ex Curtis L. Clay Collection; ex Wayne Phillips, Mail Bid Sale 30, July 1996, lot 635. Another specimen: Leu 71, 24 Oct. 1997, lot 404 (same dies). Very rare with left-facing portrait.. VF / F