Triton XIX, Lot: 562. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.43 g, 10h). Rome mint . Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 153-154. AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII FIL, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT VIII COS II, Minerva standing facing, head left, holding owl in her extended right hand and vertical spear with her left; shield leaning against spear to right; S-C low across field. RIC III 1314; BMCRE 1956-8; Banti 333; Kellner p. 113, pl. 8, Abb. 14 (this coin). VF, dark brown surfaces, minor roughness.

From the A.K. Collection.