374, Lot: 526. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.01 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139. Bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Pietas, draped, standing right, holding acerrum in left hand, raising right hand over lighted and garlanded altar to right. RIC III 24 var. (bust type); Calicó 1482 var. (same). VF, ex jewelry, with edge scrapes and surface wear typical of jewelry use.