CNG 108, Lot: 625. Estimate $10000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 6.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS IIII, laureate bust right, slight drapery / Antoninus Pius seated left on sella curulis on daïs, extending right hand and holding volumen in left; on daïs to left, Liberalitas standing left, holding cornucopia and emptying its contents to citizen; on ground to left, citizen standing right, holding fold of toga out with both hands to receive distribution; LIB IIII in exergue. RIC III 141c var. (bust type, Liberalitas holding abacus and cornucopia); Strack 149 var. (same); Calicó 1567-8 var. (bust type); BMCRE 542-3 var. (same); Biaggi 737 var. (same). Superb EF, underlying luster. Rare variety.

Ex Heritage 3037 (4 January 2015), lot 30974.