Triton XVIII, Lot: 1109. Estimate $400. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.25 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161. DIVVS ΛNTONINVS, bare head right / CONSE CRΛTIO, funeral pyre of four tiers, decorated with garlands, surmounted by facing quadriga. RIC III 436 (Aurelius); Strack 4 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 27/4-10 (Aurelius); RSC 164; BMCRE 57 (Aurelius and Verus). EF, underlying luster, hairline flan crack, a few traces of deposits on obverse.