CNG 88, Lot: 1336. Estimate $750. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 28.30 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 140. Laureate head right / She-wolf standing right, suckling the twins in a cave. RIC III 650; Banti 442. Good VF, dark green patina, light cleaning marks.

From the Sierra Collection.

This issue commemorates the impending 900th Anniversary of the founding of Rome.