CNG 102, Lot: 994. Estimate $500. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 24.11 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 164. Laureate and cuirassed bust right / Genius standing facing, head left, holding patera over lit altar and grain ears. RIC III 875 var. (without cuirass); MIR 18, –; Banti 462 var. (same); BMCRE 1079* var. (same). VF, dark green to black patina, a few deposits, small scrape on neck. Rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind. Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 20 (16 October 2007), lot 326 (hammer €400).