Watch List notes:

Marcus Aurelius. As Caesar, AD 139-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.98 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck under Antoninus Pius, AD 140-144. AVRELIVS CAE SAR AVG PII F COS, bare head right / HO NOS, Honos, togate, standing left, holding branch in raised right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC III 422 (Pius); Calicó 1864 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 263 (Pius – same dies); Biaggi 852 (same dies). Good VF, lustrous. Extremely rare, one of two in CoinArchives.


From the Fendi Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1888.