CNG 100, Lot: 1890. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.17 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 148-149. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT III COS II, Fides standing right, holding two grain ears and a plate of fruit. RIC III 445Ac (Pius); Calicó 1932 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 695 (Pius); Biaggi 874 var. (bust seen from another perspective). VF, scratch on obverse.