CNG 84, Lot: 1029. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ As (26mm, 11.82 g, 11h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 140. Laureate head right / Mars right, holding spear and shield, descending through the air towards Rhea Silvia, reclining left. RIC III 694a. Good VF, dark brown and red patina, some green, lightly smoothed.

From the John Bitner Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 63 (21 May 2003), lot 1365.

In Roman mythology, Mars and Rhea Silvia were the parents of Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of Rome.