CNG 100, Lot: 1893. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.16 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. • M • ΛVREL ΛNTONINVS ΛVG P M, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / TR P XVIII IMP II COS III, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond, S C across field. RIC III 876; MIR 18, 85-6/12; Banti –. EF, exquisite green-brown patina, some red, a few areas of minor roughness on reverse. Bold strike on a full flan. A first class bronze.