Marcus Aurelius AE Medallion (Figure sacrificing at altar, Strack 621)

MARCUS AURELIUS as Caesar, AD 139-161
AE Medallion (30.17mm, 10.27g, 12h)
Struck AD 151-152. Rome mint
Obverse: AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII FIL, bare-headed and draped bust of Marcus Aurelius right
Reverse: TR POT VI COS II, nude figure standing facing, head left, sacrificing out of patera over altar, in his left hand a short staff; behind the altar stands a veiled woman (Pietas?) facing, head right, both arms raised in prayer
References: Gnecchi II p.32, 101 corr.; Mittag 248; Cohen —; Strack 621 (BBol)

Worn and rough surfaces, holed at 12h. An exceedingly rare bronze medallion struck for Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, previously known from just a single specimen in the Berlin Museum, acquired in 1860 and cited by Gnecchi, Strack, and Mittag. (Strack cited an additional example from Bologna, but Mittag was unable to confirm the existence of such a specimen.)
This coin is a double die match to the Berlin coin, the only known specimen in private hands, and apparently the first to come to light in more than 160 years.

Colección : Roman Imperial - the Nerva-Antonine Emperors