Triton XX, Lot: 753. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.22 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. AVRELIVS CAE–SAR AVG PII F COS, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / HILA–RI–TAS, Hilaritas standing left, holding palm frond in right hand, cornucopia in left. RIC III 432 var. (bust type; Pius); Calicó 1860a; BMCRE 606 var. (same; Pius); Biaggi 850 var. (bust type, arrangement of rev. legend). EF, surfaces a bit matte, a few minor marks.

From the Continental Collection.