Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1570. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $680. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS MARCUS AURELIUS. Died 180 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.93 gm). Struck under Commodus, 180 AD. Bare head right / Pyre of four tiers, garlanded and ornamented, surmounted by Aurelius in facing quadriga. RIC III 662 (Commodus); MIR 18, 487-6/10; BMCRE 399 (Commodus); Cohen 98. Good VF, dark green patina with patches of red, light smoothing. ($750)

From the Tony Hardy Collection.