CNG 105, Lot: 906. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 29.22 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, circa AD 161. Bareheaded bust right / Four-tiered funeral pyre surmounted by emperor in facing quadriga. RIC III 1266 (Aurelius) var. (no drapery); MIR 18, 27-6/12; Banti 77. Good VF, even brown surfaces, small rough patch on obverse.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XVII.4 (Fourth Quarter 1992), no. 230.