355, Lot: 533. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.97 g, 5h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139. IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANT-ONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head right / P M TR POT COS II S C, Fides standing facing, head right, holding grain ears and basket of fruit. RIC III 530b var. (obv. legend); BMCRE 1135 var. (same); Banti 306 var. (same). Near EF, dark green to black surfaces with touches of red. Rare variety with P P at the end of the obverse legend.