CNG 102, Lot: 972. Estimate $6000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.21 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 on extended right hand and volumen in left. RIC III 226c; Strack 257δ; Calicó 1521 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 796; Biaggi 716. Choice EF, lustrous, small flan flaw on reverse.