Ex Lockett – Banti Plate Coin

409, Lot: 611. Estimate $1000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.89 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 162. Bare head right / Statue of Antoninus Pius pulled by quadriga of elephants, each with rider. RIC III 1274; MIR 18, 45-6/10 corr. (rev. legend); Banti 377 (this coin illustrated). VF, dark green patina, minor roughness. Rare.

Ex UBS 45 (15 September 1998), lot 908; R.C. Lockett Collection VIII (Glendining, 26 May 1959), lot 42.