CNG 103, Lot: 697. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 2.92 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, AD 161. Bare head right / Funeral pyre of four tiers, decorated with garlands, surmounted by facing quadriga. RIC III 436 (Marcus); MIR 18, 27/4-10; RSC 164. EF, lightly toned, hairline flan crack, some shallow cleaning marks.

From the Korwin Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 152 (9 October 2006), lot 2206.