Triton XVIII, Lot: 1106. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 157-158. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate and draped bust left / TR POT X XI C O S IIII, Victory, winged and draped, advancing left, holding wreath in right hand and palm frond at shoulder in left. RIC 281c; Strack 329 (same dies); Calicó –; Biaggi –; BMCRE 912-3 var. (bust type). Near EF, luster under light toning, a couple minor marks, some die rust on reverse, short edge split and hairline flan crack.