370, Lot: 447. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.62 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. Bare head right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, head left, wings spread. RIC III 269 (Commodus); MIR 18, 476-4/10; RSC 83. Good VF, toned, light verdigris.

From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection.