373, Lot: 395. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.38 g, 5h). Commemorative issue. Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. Bare head right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, with wreath in beak and wings spread. RIC III 271 (Commodus); MIR 18, 478-4/10; RSC 82. Good VF, toned.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.