286, Lot: 348. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 25.57 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 166. Laureate head right / Aurelius and Verus seated left on platform; lictor standing behind them; before, an official distributing dole to man standing on steps of platform. RIC III 914; Banti 41. Fine, greenish-brown patina. Rare.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.