CNG 97, Lot: 668. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (35mm, 26.69 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 140-144. Laureate head of Antoninus Pius right / Bareheaded bust of Marcus Aurelius right, slight drapery. RIC III 1218 var. (no slight drapery); Banti 13 var. (same). VF, river patina, some minor pitting and encrustation. Beautifully struck on a full flan. Rare.

Ex Robert O. Ebert Collection (Stack’s, Bowers and Ponterio 174 (11 January 2013), lot 6168.