CNG 100, Lot: 1879. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 6.46 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 152-153. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, laureate head right / CO S IIII, Antoninus Pius, togate, standing left, holding globe and volumen. RIC III 226; Strack 257δ; Calicó 1521 (same obv. die); BMCRE 796; Biaggi 715 var. (bust type). Near EF, underlying luster, traces of deposits, minor edge mark. Portrait struck in high relief.

From the Olav E. Klingenberg Collection. Ex Edgar L. Owen Collection (Noble 95A, 23 November 2010), lot 5181.