CNG 102, Lot: 975. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.21 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 156-157. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right, slight drapery / TR POT XX COS IIII, Victory advancing left, holding wreath and palm frond. RIC III 266; Calicó 1676 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 889; Biaggi 774. EF, lustrous, a few edge marks and a small test cut.