Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1017. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (3.16 g, 5h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 162. Bare-headed bust right, slight drapery / Column on low base surmounted by statue of Divus Antoninus standing slightly left, holding scepter. RIC III 440 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 46-4/12 (Aurelius); RSC 353. Superb EF, toned, some green deposits on obverse. Well struck.