120, Lot: 176. Estimate $150. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ As (26mm, 12.58 g). Struck 143-144 AD. Laureate head right / Victory walking right, holding trophy in both hands. RIC III 732a; BMCRE pg. 261, *; Cohen -. VF, reddish-brown patina.

Pius was acclaimed imperator for the second time following the victory of Q. Lollius Urbicus over the Brigantes in Britain, and the construction of the Antonine Wall.

From the Tony Hardy Collection.