366, Lot: 25. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANCIENT COINS USED IN INDIA & INDIAN IMITATIONS. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (21mm, 7.04 g, 5h). Indian imitation. Struck after AD 141. ИCOИITMИIИVC VITИS MIVИ PP, laureate head right / ΛVGUSTΛ, Ceres standing left, holding torch in each hand. Cf. RIC III 357 (for rev. [Diva Faustina Senior]); cf. Calicó 1758-60 (same); Turner –. Near VF, toned, light scratches on obverse at 1 o’clock, circular punch or shroff mark on reverse at 6 o’clock. An unusual hybrid, combining an obverse of Antoninus Pius with a reverse of Diva Faustina Senior.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.