CNG 94, Lot: 1040. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.09 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. Laureate bust right, slight drapery / LIB IIII in exergue, Antoninus Pius seated left on sella curulis on daïs, extending right hand and holding volumen in left; on daïs to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopia; on ground to left, citizen standing right, holding out both hands to receive distribution. RIC III 141c var. (bust type); Calicó 1572. VF, toned, a few shallow contact marks. Rare reverse type.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Noble 65 (15 November 2000), lot 1712.