CNG 100, Lot: 1874. Estimate $10000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.06 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ΛNTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, bare head right / Roma, helmeted and draped, seated left, holding palladium on extended hand and vertical spear; oval shield set on ground to right. RIC III 159; Strack 153; Calicó 1454; BMCRE 588 var. (break in obv. legend); Biaggi 787 var. (same). Near EF, lightly toned.