CNG 90, Lot: 1570. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.48 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. Laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding palladium (or Victory) and scepter (or parazonium); shield below. RIC III 138 and 141; MIR 18, 117-4/30; RSC 481. EF, attractively toned.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.