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322, Lot: 545. Estimate $200.
Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 23.17 g, 1h). Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. Draped bust right / Victory flying right, holding trophy with both hands. RIC III 717b; Banti 179. VF, green patina with touches of red, minor smoothing.


Antoninus Pius was acclaimed imperator for the second time following the victory of Q. Lollius Urbicus over the Brigantes in Britain, and the construction of the Antonine Wall. The victory was commemorated on this coin type.