CNG 106, Lot: 757. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.02 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head right / TR PO T COS IIII, Roma seated left on throne, feet on footstool, holding palladium and spear; shield set on ground to right. RIC III 147; Strack 143; Calicó 1653 (same obv. die as illustration); BMCRE 554; Biaggi 766 var. (bust type). EF, lustrous.