Calicó Plate Coin
Ex Biaggi de Blasys Collection

CNG 105, Lot: 903. Estimate $5000. Sold for $10800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (20mm, 7.41 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / COS IIII, Antoninus Pius standing left, holding globe. RIC III 233a; Calicó 1526 (this coin illustrated); Biaggi 717 (this coin). Choice EF, lustrous.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection. Ex Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 717.