Triton XXI, Lot: 769. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.07 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 148-149. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR POT III C OS II, Fides standing right, holding two grain ears and a plate of fruit. RIC III 445Ac (Pius); Calicó 1932 var. (break in obv. legend); BMCRE 695 var. (Pius; same); Biaggi 874 var. (bust type); CNG 100, lot 1890 (same obv. die). EF, underlying luster.