436, Lot: 593. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 6.10 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 154-155. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG P II FIL, bare headed and draped bust right / TR POT VII II COS II, Roma, helmeted, in military dress, standing left, holding Victory on extended right hand and parazonium cradled in left. RIC III 464a (Pius) var. (bust type); Strack 285; Calicó 1950a var. (breaks in legends); BMCRE 840 (Pius) var. (same); Biggi 883 var. (same). Near EF, shallow scratches and edge marks, underlying luster.