Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar

Triton XIX, Lot: 558. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.70 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F COS, bareheaded and draped bust left / PIETAS • AVG •, emblems of the augurate and pontificate: secespita, aspergillum, guttus, lituus, and simpulum. RIC III 424c (Pius); Calicó 1884 (same obv. die); BMCRE 276 note (Pius); Biaggi 861 (same obv. die); Santamaria (16 January 1924), lot 448 (same obv. die). Near EF, underlying luster, a few minor contact marks, traces of earthen deposits on obverse. Rare.