CNG 84, Lot: 1032. Estimate $1250. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.16 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. Laureate head right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter Stator standing facing, holding scepter and thunderbolt. RIC III 607; Banti 188. Good VF, mottled brown patina. Rare. Banti records only three examples.

From the John Bitner Collection. Ex Michael Weller Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 67, 22 September 2004), lot 1509; Lanz 117 (24 November 2003), lot 753; Aufhäuser 9 (7 October 1992), lot 327.