Triton XVII, Lot: 714. Estimate $7500. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.59 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 148-149. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F, bare head right / CONCORDIA TR POT III COS II, Concordia standing facing, head left, sheltering with her mantle small draped figures of Marcus Aurelius (on the left) and Faustina Junior; both figures of Aurelius and Faustina are standing facing, their heads turned toward Concordia. RIC III 441 (Pius) var. (COS II in exergue); Strack 205 (Pius) var. (same); Calicó 1820a; Biaggi –; BMCRE 680 (Pius) var. (same). EF, underlying luster. Very rare.

This coin type represents the harmony (concordia) of the marriage between Aurelius and Faustina Junior, which occurred in AD 145.