Triton XVII, Lot: 699. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (31mm, 28.13 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 140. ΛNTONINVS AVG PIVS P P •, laureate head right / TR POT COS III, S C in exergue, she-wolf standing right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. RIC III 648; Strack 895; Banti 439; BMCRE 1318. EF, brown patina, some red, area of minor roughness on reverse.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.11095.