Triton XIV, Lot: 731. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint. Struck AD 168. ANTONINVS AVGVR, III VIR R P C in exergue, galley with five oarsmen and sweeps of oars going left over waves; on right, helmsman seated left / ANTONINVS ET VERVS AVG REST, LEG VI across lower field, aquila between two signa. RIC III 443 (Marcus Aurelius); MIR 18, 120-4; RSC 83 (Mark Antony); BMCRE 500. EF, toned, small lamination on reverse.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 897.

This coin celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.