Triton XIV, Lot: 727. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.44 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161. DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head right / CONSECRATIO, funeral pyre of four tiers, decorated with garlands, surmounted by facing quadriga. RIC III 436 (Aurelius); Strack 4 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 27/4-10 (Aurelius); RSC 164; BMCRE 58-9 (Aurelius and Verus). Choice EF, deeply toned.

From the C.K. Collection. Ex Leu 59 (17 May 1994), lot 284.