Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 598. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Marcus Aurelius. 161-180 AD. Æ Drachm (28.91 gm). Dated year 4 (163/164 AD). M AVPHLIOC ANTWNINOC CE-B, laureate bust right, drapery on left shoulder / Eos walking left, head turned right, holding torch in right hand, left hand raised holding reins of a horse galloping right behind with head turned left; L-D. Köln -; Dattari -; Milne -; Emmett 2128. Nice VF, dark brown patina, minor reverse roughness. Extremely rare type, only one specimen recorded, in the Berlin Collection. ($750)