Two Outstanding Youthful Portrait Aurei

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 641. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (7.21 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 155-156. AVRELIVS CAE-S ANTON AVG P II F, bare head right / TR POT X COS III, Minerva, wearing aegis, advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, shield on left arm. RIC III 465 (Pius); Strack 304 var. (bust type); Calicó 1954 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 865 (Pius); Cohen 685 var. (bust type). EF, lustrous, insignificant die break in obverse field. Fine style portrait.