271, Lot: 80. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Medallion (40mm, 39.46 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PI[VS] P P, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TR POT COS III, Italia seated left on globe, wearing mural crown, holding cornucopia in right hand and scepter in left; ITALIA in exergue. Gnecchi II, p. 12, 29 and pl. 45, 10 var. (bust laureate and undraped); Banti -; Cohen -. Good VF, light green patina, a few minor patina issues. Extremely rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica I (19 May 1999), lot 2002.