Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1484. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $2300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARCUS AURELIUS. 161-180 AD. Orichalcum Sestertius (25.24 g, 12h). Struck 161 AD. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, bare headed bust right, drapery on left shoulder / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV, COS III in exergue, S C across field, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus clasping hands. RIC III 795; MIR 18, 16-6/12; Banti 23; BMCRE 847; Cohen 47. Good VF, natural brown surfaces. Well struck on a broad flan. ($1000)

From the John F. Sullivan Collection.