Choice for Issue

242, Lot: 198. Estimate $150. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, circa AD 161. Bare-headed bust right, slight drapery on far shoulder / Four-tiered funeral pyre, decorated with garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Marcus Aurelius); RSC 164a. EF, attractively toned.