Triton XX, Lot: 754. Estimate $10000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 146-147. AVRELIVS CAE–SAR AVG PII F, bareheaded and draped bust left / TR POT COS II, Minerva standing right, holding reversed spear in right hand, shield in left. RIC III 435b (Pius); Calicó 1924; BMCRE 614 (Pius); Biaggi 871. EF, toned, underlying luster. Artistic bust.

From the Continental Collection.