First Issue of Pius as Augustus
Ex Biaggi Collection

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1098. Estimate $4000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP CAES AEL • ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head right / PONT MAX TR POT COS, Pietas, veiled, standing right before lighted and garlanded altar, raising right hand and holding incense box in left. RIC III –; Strack 10 = Münzhandlung Basel 6, lot 1729 (same dies); Calicó 1608 = Biaggi 751 (this coin); BMCRE 7. Good VF, red tone in devices. Extremely rare first issue of Antoninus Pius as Augustus.

From the D. Fagan Collection, purchased from Tom Cederlind. Ex Biaggi Collection, no. 751.