ORC0849 Marcus, Unique Alliance as, Cyprus? F

Marcus Aurelius, Æ24 (as), (11.51g) Cyprus (?), 
AVT K M AVP ANTWNINOC CEB, Laureate head right.
OMONOIA CEBACTWN Aurelius and Verus standing facing, clasping hands, S C at sides. 
Unpublished, and perhaps unique. F, once cleaned, 
brown tone, cast flan.

A puzzling coin, taken from the Roman Imperial bronzes 
of this type, which have S C on the reverse. 
The Greek legend is one noting Harmony between the Augustii. Attributed to Cyprus, conjecturally, by a well-known Western United States collector of Roman

Provincial coinage. Ex-Marcel Burnstein collection, with his ticket.
Ex-Lindgren. Lot includes a Roman Imperial dupondius of this 
type. Worthy of further research.