CNG 87, Lot: 1011. Estimate $300. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 17.83 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Honos standing left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC III 1237 (Pius). VF, brown patina with lighter highlights, minor roughness on reverse. Wonderful portrait.

Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Summer MBS (27 June 1986), lot 860.