Watch List notes:

Divus Marcus Aurelius. Died AD 180. AV Aureus (21.5mm, 6.96 g, 5h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Commodus, AD 180. DIVVS • M • ANT ONINVS PIVS, bare head right / CONSE CRATIO, funeral pyre in four tiers, crowned by quadriga facing front in which stands Sol, raising right hand: the lowest tier is garlanded, the second has a door between four statues in niches, two to left, two to right, the third tier has statues in niches, the fourth is draped and has a torch to left and to right. RIC III 275 (Commodus); MIR 18, 487-2/10 (Commodus); Calicó 1834 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 25 (Commodus); Adda –; Biaggi 913 (same obv. die); Jameson –; Mazzini –. In NGC encapsulation 4529299-002, graded Ch AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5, Fine Style. Very rare.

From the Grand Haven Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 97 (12 December 2016), lot 152 (hammer CHF 14,400).