Triton XIX, Lot: 547. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. As Caesar, AD 138. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 138. IMP T AEL CAES ANTONINVS •, bareheaded and draped bust right / TRIB POT COS, PIE TAS across field, Pietas, veiled and draped, standing right, holding up right hand and holding acerrum in left hand; to right, lighted and garlanded altar. RIC III 454b; Strack 406ζo (Hadrian); Calicó 1597; BMCRE 1017 var. (Hadrian–bust type); Biaggi 747. Good VF, underlying luster.