412, Lot: 549. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 26.53 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck AD 163. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, bare headed bust right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVTI AVGVSTOR TR P XVII, COS III in exergue, S C across field, Salus standing left, holding patera in right hand and feeding snake rising from garlanded altar and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 841 var. (bust type); MIR 18, 54-6/12; Banti 284; BMCRE 1037 note. Good VF, dark green patina, some minor roughness and deposits on reverse. Attractive portrait. Rare bust type for issue.

From the Dr. Allan Smith Collection. Ex Hannelore Scheiner Collection (Künker 280, 26 September 2016), lot 640.