286, Lot: 352. Estimate $100. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.33 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. Bare head right / Divus Marcus, holding scepter, seated left on back of eagle flying right, holding thunderbolt in talons. RIC III 660 (Commodus); Banti 50. Fine, brown surfaces, heavily tooled, flan flaw on reverse.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.