Triton XIX, Lot: 561. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.99 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 152-153. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG P II FIL, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR POT VII COS II, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and parazonium in left. RIC III 457b (Pius); Calicó 1946a (same obv. die); BMCRE 802 (Pius–same obv. die); Biaggi 880-1 (same obv. die). Near EF, some luster remains.