Aurelius Becomes Caesar

Triton XXI, Lot: 123. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. AD 138-161. BI Tetradrachm (24mm, 12.88 g, 12h). Dated RY 7 (AD 143/144). ANTωNINOC CЄ B ЄYCЄB, laureate head right of Antoninus Pius / • M • AYPH KAICAP, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right of Marcus Aurelius; L Z (date) below. Köln 1437 var. (rev. legend and placement of date); Dattari (Savio) 8046 (this coin); K&G 35.211 var. (same); Emmett 1406.7 (R4); Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 162 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection. Ex Auctiones AG 7 (7 June 1977), lot 449; Giovanni Dattari Collection, no. 8046.