Triton XIV, Lot: 725. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 22.99 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / IMPERA TOR II, BRI TAN/S C in two lines across field, Victory, winged and draped, standing left on globe, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left. RIC III 719; Strack 928; Banti 45; SCBC 643; BMCRE 1614. VF, river patina. Very rare.
From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.