294, Lot: 698. Estimate $150. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. Bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of skirt. RIC III 431 (Pius); RSC 102. EF, toned.