CNG 109, Lot: 672. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 147-148. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG P II F, bareheaded and draped bust right / TR • POT • II COS • II, Fides, draped, standing right, holding two grain ears downward in right hand, and basket of fruit on raised left hand. RIC III 440b (Pius); Calicó 1926; BMCRE 641 (Pius); Biaggi 873. Near EF, underlying luster, shallow edge mark.