Triton XIX, Lot: 559. Estimate $10000. Sold for $11000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (17mm, 6.55 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG P II F COS II, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / HILA RI TAS, Hilaritas, draped, standing left, holding long palm frond in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 432b var. (Pius–bust type); Calicó 1861 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 607 var. (Pius–break in obv. legend); cf. Biaggi 850. EF, a few minor marks, traces of earthen deposits.