Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 634. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (7.21 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XVIII • IMP II COS III, Victory standing right, holding stylus in right hand, resting left hand on round shield inscribed VIC/PAR in two lines, set on palm tree. RIC III 90 var. (bust type); MIR 18, 94-2/35; Calicó 1888; BMCRE 270 note. Near EF, lightly toned. Very rare.

From the White Mountain Collection. Ex UBS 55 (16 September 2002), lot 1964.