Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 781. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $460. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARCUS AURELIUS. 161-180 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.01 g, 12h). Struck 162 AD. Laureate bust right, drapery over left shoulder / Salus standing left, feeding serpent entwined around altar from patera, and holding sceptre. RIC III 844; MIR 18, 54-6/32; BMCRE 1042; Cohen 564 var. (no drapery). VF, dark brown patina. ($300)