CNG 96, Lot: 810. Estimate $10000. Sold for $25000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.33 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 158-159. ΛVRELIVS CΛES ΛNTON ΛVG PII F, bare head right / TR POT XIII COS II, Apollo standing left, holding patera and lyre. RIC III 477a (Pius); Strack 367; Calicó 1966; BMCRE 959 note; Biaggi – . Choice EF, lustrous.