Impressive Pius Sestertius

CNG 94, Lot: 1171. Estimate $7500. Sold for $10000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 28.31 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TRP COS IIII, laureate head right / S C across field, Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left over left shoulder. RIC III 778; Banti 363; BMCRE 1705. EF, impressive green and brown patina, some red.