CNG 102, Lot: 991. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.34 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 162. IMP M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVI, COS III in exergue, Salus standing left, feeding out of patera in right hand snake coiled around and rising from altar, and holding scepter with left hand. RIC III 56; MIR 18, 38-2/17; Calicó 1912; BMCRE p. 410, * var. (not draped); Biaggi –. Near EF, underlying luster.