Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1029. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DIVUS MARCUS AURELIUS. Died 180 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.57 gm, 12h). Struck under Commodus, 180 AD. DIVVS M AN-TONINVS PIVS, bare head right / CON-SE-C-RATIO, S C in exergue, Divus Marcus Aurelius reclining left on eagle, left leg wrapped around eagle's right wing, raising right hand and cradling sceptre in left arm; eagle standing right on thunderbolt with wings outstretched. RIC III 660 (Commodus); MIR 18, 486-6/10; Banti 50; BMCRE 395 (Commodus; same obverse die); Cohen 94. Good VF, hard emerald-green patina with some lighter overtones. ($2500)

From the Michael Weller Collection.