Triton XVIII, Lot: 1108. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.26 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck AD 159-160. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII, laureate head right / PIETATI AVG COS IIII, Pietas standing facing, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and child in her left arm; a child standing to either side, grasping her tunic. RIC III 302a; Strack 848δ; Calicó 1602 = Biaggi 748; BMCRE 984. EF, lustrous.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 31 (26 October 2005), lot 51.