87, Lot: 118. Estimate $75. Sold for $172. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MARCUS AURELIUS. 161-180 AD. Æ Sestertius (34mm, 22.94 gm). Struck 173 AD. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Mercury standing left on pedestal, holding purse and caduceus; all within tetrastyle temple composed of herms; arched roof above, decorated with tortoise, rooster, ram, caduceus, petasus, and purse. RIC III 1074; MIR 18, 258-6/37; Cohen 534. Fine, brown surfaces, obverse corroded.

From the Lakeview Collection.