CNG 84, Lot: 1041. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 147. Laureate head right / Roma seated left, holding Palladium and spear; shield at side. RIC III 159; Calicó 1455. Near VF, minor deposits.

From the John Bitner Collection. Ex Tony Hardy Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 1624.