CNG 105, Lot: 904. Estimate $5000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18mm, 7.29 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 145-161. ANTONINVS AVG PI-VS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate head right / Antoninus Pius seated left on platform, extending hand toward citizen standing right, holding out fold of toga to receive distributions; beside emperor, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopia; LIB IIII in exergue. RIC III 141c; Calicó 1571; Biaggi 739 var. (bust type). VF, edge bruise. Choice for issue.