Superb Marcus Aurelius Aureus

CNG 97, Lot: 671. Estimate $15000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.98 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 170. M ΛNTONINVS ΛVC TR P XXIIII, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left / FELICITΛS ΛVC COS III, Felicitas standing left, holding winged caduceus and scepter. RIC III 201; MIR 18, 180-2/37; Calicó 1850a; BMCRE 489; Biaggi –. Superb EF, lustrous, possible “XI” graffiti on reverse.