389, Lot: 681. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.79 g, 6h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. Bare head right / Funeral pyre of four tiers surmounted by facing quadriga. RIC III 275 (Commodus); MIR 18, 487-4/10 (Commodus); RSC 97. In NGC encapsulation graded MS(star), Strike: 5/5; Surface: 5/5.

From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection.