CNG 106, Lot: 765. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. ΛVRELIVS CΛES ΛR ΛVG P II F COS II, bare head right / VOTΛ PV BLICΛ, Faustina Junior standing right, clasping right hands with Marcus Aurelius standing left; between them, Concordia standing right. RIC III 434 (Pius); Calicó 2035 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 611 (Pius – same obv. die); Biaggi 909 (same obv. die). VF, underlying luster. Rare.