Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1483. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARCUS AURELIUS. As Caesar, 139-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (22.52 g, 5h). Struck 158-159 AD. AVRELIVS CAES AVG PII F, bare headed, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / TR POT XIII COS II, S C across field, Virtus standing right, left foot on helmet, holding spear in right hand, parazonium in left. RIC III 1349Ab (Pius); Strack 1189; Banti 380; BMCRE 2086 (Pius); Cohen 748. Near EF, green patina with patches of red and brown, some smoothing in fields. ($2000)