Triton XIV, Lot: 728. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.58 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 152-153. AVRELIVS CA ESAR AVG PII FIL, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT VII COS II, S C in exergue, Minerva, helmeted and draped, seated right, holding vertical spear in right hand and with left, drawing out aegis on breast; round shield rests against seat and spear to left. RIC III 1309b (Pius); Strack App. 4, 58; Banti 329; BMCRE 1938 (Pius). Good VF, green patina.