Calicó Plate Coin

420, Lot: 473. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19.5mm, 7.26 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES HADR ΛNTONINVS, bareheaded and draped bust right / ΛVG • PIVS • P • M TR P COS • DES • II, Pietas, draped, standing left, raising right hand over altar set on ground to left and holding acerrum in left. RIC III 14; Calicó 1478 (same coin as illustration); BMCRE 31; Biaggi –. VF.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 61 (25 September 2002), lot 1802.