CNG 7576 Auction #34 Lot Number: 63597 Final Sale Price: $52.80 Denomination: 19mm Reference: Cf. SNG Copenhagen 480 (Dionysos right, no thyrsos); cf. BMC pg. 157, 35 (same) Bithynia, Nicaea. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ 19mm (4.10 gm). Bare head right / Infant Dionysos in cradle left, raising hands; thyrsos behind. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 480 (Dionysos right, no thyrsos); cf. BMC pg. 157, 35 (same); cf. SNG von Aulock 544 (same); cf. Waddington, Recueil pg. 463, 509 (pl. LXXX, 17) (right, but with Thyrsos); cf. Mionnet Supp. V pg. 94, 491 (animal behind cradle). Apparently unpublished variety. Estimate $60. Online auction 34 closed July 30, 2001. Used by permission of CNG, www.historicalcoins.com