Triton XVIII, Lot: 1103. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 6.94 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 148-149. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P XII, laureate head right / COS IIII, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cradling cornucopia in left arm. RIC III –; Strack 190δ; Calicó 1502a (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 649; Biaggi –: Gorny & Mosch 190, lot 499 (same rev. die); NAC 52, lot 445 = Lanz 102, lot 589 (same rev. die). EF, lustrous. Attractive portrait in high relief.