329, Lot: 458. Estimate $150. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 22.69 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. Bare head right / Aurelius, holding Victory, seated right on chair within shrine set on cart drawn right by quadriga of elephants with drivers. RIC III 661 (Commodus); MIR 18, 488-6/10; Banti 52. Near VF, green patina, minor surface roughness.

From the Fairfield Collection.