CNG 102, Lot: 987. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.27 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 standing left, holding long palm frond and cornucopia. RIC III 432a (Pius) var. (bust type); Calicó 1859; BMCRE 607 (Pius) var. (break in obv. legend); Biaggi 850 var. (same). Good VF.