CNG 102, Lot: 990. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.11 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 159-160. ΛVRELIVS CΛES ΛVG P II F, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / TR POT XIIII C OS II, Mars, helmeted, naked but for cloak at back, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy over left shoulder in left. RIC III 481a (Pius); Calicó 1973 (same obv. die); BMCRE 994; Biaggi 893. VF, small edge bump.