Marcus Aurelius. AE36 of Smyrna, Ionia. AD 169-175. Alliance issue with Laodikeia. 26.20 g.

AY K M AY ANTWNINOC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
ATTALOC COFICTHC TAIC PATRICI CMYR LAO, Zeus of Laodikeia, holding eagle and sceptre, standing right, facing Zeus of Smyrna seated left, holding Nike and sceptre.

BMC 511; Klose Smyrna LXXIX 6; Weber 6192; Paris 2570; Lindgren III 399; SNG von Aulock 2244; SNG Cop 1432.

With permission of Numismatica Ars Classica auction 100, lot 1232, May 2017.