Triton XIV, Lot: 722. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.21 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES HAD RI ANTONINVS, bare head right / AVG PIVS P M T R P COS DES II, Pietas, draped, standing right, holding box in left hand, raising right hand over lighted altar to right. RIC III 13; Strack -; Calicó 1469a (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 27-8 var. (break in obv. legend). Near EF, underlying luster, minor flan flaw on forehead and cheek, tiny contact mark on neck. Fine style portrait.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Edward Gans Collection.