CNG 91, Lot: 906. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.24 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate and cuirassed bust right / TR PO T COS IIII, Roma seated left, holding palladium in right hand, spear in left; below, shield set on ground, leaning against throne. RIC III 147d var. (bust type); Calicó 1658 (same dies as illustration). EF, lightly toned.

Ex Gemini IV (8 January 2008), lot 426.