CNG 94, Lot: 882. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Cyzicus. Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ (24mm, 8.15 g, 6h). Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Serpent-entwined torch surmounted by grain ears and poppies. Unpublished in the standard references with the grain ears and poppies, but for similar see: SNG France 681 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 109 (same obv. die); Lindgren & Kovacs A230B (same obv. die); Mionnet II 181. Good VF, brown patina.

From the Roger Liles Collection.