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375, Lot: 688. Estimate $500.
Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. As Caesar, AD 138. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 24.71 g, 12h). Rome mint. Struck February-July AD 138. Bare head right / Pietas standing left, extending both arms over two small togate figures standing to either side of her. RIC II 1085 (Hadrian) var. (PIETAS across field); Banti 275. VF, brown-green surfaces, a few minor rough spots on the reverse, some light cleaning marks. Rare, none in CoinArchives.


After the sudden death of Aelius Caesar on 1 January AD 138, Hadrian was left without a successor. T. Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Antoninus, an individual from a distinguished family and with a competent, if not particularly noteworthy career, became Hadrian's new heir. Before Hadrian's own death seven months later, Antoninus was virtual emperor; thus, the transition of government easily passed into his reign.