Pedigreed to 1923
Ex Enrico Caruso Collection

CNG 108, Lot: 641. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Marcus Aurelius. AD 161-180. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 165. M ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate and cuirassed bust right / P M TR P XIX IMP III COS III, Felicitas standing left, with left foot on globe, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC III 137; MIR 18, 116-2/35; Calicó 1898a (this coin illustrated); Biaggi –. Near EF, light graze on reverse.

From the Fendi Collection. Ex Heritage 3042 (17 September 2015), lot 29216; Enrico Caruso Collection (Canessa, 28 June 1923), lot 364.