Triton XVI, Lot: 1093. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 25.94 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate head right / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, COS III in exergue, SC across field, Salus standing left, holding patera in right hand and feeding snake rising from garlanded altar and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 843; MIR 18, 54-6/30; Banti 286; BMCRE 1038. Good VF, choice green patina.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 57 (4 April 2001), lot 1286.