Triton XX, Lot: 738. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.23 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144(?). ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / IMPERA–T–OR II, Victory flying right, holding trophy in both hands. RIC III 109 var. (bust type); Calicó 1549; BMCRE 492-3 var. (same); Biaggi 728. EF, lustrous, very minor scratch in obverse field. Rare.

From the Continental Collection.