Triton XVIII, Lot: 1104. Estimate $10000. Sold for $18000. 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 153-154. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PI VS P P TR P XVII, laureate head right / COS IIII, Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe in extended right hand, volumen in left. RIC III 233b; Strack 270δ; Calicó 1527; BMCRE 813; Biaggi 716. Superb EF, lustrous.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Dürr & Michel (16 November 1998), lot 49; Leu 33 (3 May 1983), lot 65.