Triton XXI, Lot: 761. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 150-151. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bareheaded and cuirassed bust right / TR PO T XIIII COS IIII, PΛX in exergue, Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in extended right hand and vertical scepter in left. RIC III 200b; Strack 229κ; Calicó 1589a (same dies as illustration); cf. BMCRE 726 note; Biaggi 744 var. (not cuirassed – same rev. die). EF, lustrous. Fine style.