Ex Stepath and Morgan

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1115. Estimate $10000. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 148-149. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG PII F, bareheaded bust right, wearing slight beard; drapery on left shoulder / TR POT III C OS II, Fides standing right, holding grain ears in right hand and patera of fruits in left. RIC III 445d (Pius); Strack 199 (bust type unlisted); Calicó 1934 = Morgan 144 (this coin); BMCRE 696/694 (Pius; obv./rev.; same dies); Biaggi 871/875 (obv./rev.). EF, toned. Exceptional portrait.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Myron Stepath Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 40, 4 December 1996), lot 1530; J. Pierpont Morgan Collection (Stack's, 14 September 1983), lot 83.