Triton XVII, Lot: 700. Estimate $2000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 29.24 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ΛNTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate head right / S C across field, ITALIA in exergue, Italia, wearing
tutulus, seated left on globe with zones and stars, holding cornucopia in right hand and cradling scepter in left arm. RIC III 746a var. (Italia turreted); Strack 836; Banti 193; BMCRE 1643. EF, red-brown patina, some green.
From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.11094.