400, Lot: 659. Estimate $100. Sold for $75. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.20 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. Bare head right / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: secespita, aspergillum, guttus, lituus, and simpulum. RIC III 424a (Pius); RSC 451. VF, lightly toned, a couple scratches.

From the collection of a Texas Wine Doctor, purchased from Dr. Paul Rynearson, 1 October 1992.