Very Rare AFRICA Sestertius

393, Lot: 245. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (33mm, 25.15 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 139. Laureate head right / COS II around, AFRICA in exergue, Africa, wearing elephant skin headdress, standing left, holding diadem of pearls and cornucopia. RIC III 574 var. (AFRICA around, COS II in exergue); Banti 8. Near VF, rough red, brown, and green patina, some smoothing. Very rare variety with AFRICA in exergue.