Antoninus Pius as Caesar

Triton XIX, Lot: 546. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. As Caesar, AD 138. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 7.10 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP T AEL CΛES HADRI ANTONINVS, bare head right / ΛVG PIVS • P • M TR • P • COS • DES II, Pietas, draped, standing right, holding acerrum in left hand, raising right hand over lighted and garlanded altar to right. RIC III 13; Strack 19; Calicó 1469; BMCRE 27 (same dies); Biaggi 698. EF, lustrous, small spot of die rust on obverse, traces of deposits on reverse.