CNG 96, Lot: 807. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.24 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 158-159. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head right / VOTΛ SVSCE PTΛ DEC III, COS IIII in exergue, Antoninus standing left, sacrificing over lighted tripod-altar to left. RIC III 294d; Strack 342δ; Calicó 1714 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 953; Biaggi –. EF, lustrous, traces of deposits.