CNG 108, Lot: 638. Estimate $10000. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.31 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 145-147. AVRELIVS CAE-SAR AVG PII F COS II, bareheaded bust right, slight drapery / HILA-RI-TAS, Hilaritas standing left, holding palm frond and cornucopia. RIC III 432 (Pius) var. (bust type); Calicó 1860a; Biaggi 850 var. (bust type, arrangement of rev. legend). EF, underlying luster.