Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139.

CNG Feature Auction 115
Lot: 659. Estimated: $ 3 000

Roman Imperial, Gold

Sold For $ 3 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head left / TR P OT COS II, Pietas, draped, standing left, holding acerrum and sacrificing with right hand over lighted and garlanded altar to left. RIC III 53c; Strack 56¹/δ; Calicó 1645; BMCRE p. 19, note 111; Biaggi 759; Künker 204, lot 659 (same dies). Toned, a few shallow scratches. Good VF.

From the El Medina Collection. Ex Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 1460.


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