Triton XX, Lot: 744. Estimate $7500. Sold for $11000. 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 151-152. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head left / TR POT XV COS IIII, Pius standing facing, togate, head left, holding globe in extended right hand and volumen with left. RIC III 213 var. (bust type); Calicó 1664 (same obv. die); BMCRE 743A (same obv. die); Strack 235 and pl. iii (same obv. die); Biaggi 768. Choice EF. Fine style. Rare left facing portrait.