Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 1016. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Divus Antoninus Pius. Died AD 161. AR Denarius (3.29 g, 5h). Consecration issue. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius, AD 161. Bare-headed bust right, slight drapery / Funeral pyre of four tiers surmounted by facing quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); MIR 18, 27/4-12 (Aurelius); RSC 164a. Superb EF, toned. Boldly struck.