CNG 108, Lot: 627. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (19mm, 7.27 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 150-151. IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTO-NINVS AVG PIVS P P, bare head right / TR POT XIIII COS IIII, PAX in exergue, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and scepter. RIC III 200a; Strack 229; Calicó 1588a; Biaggi 744 var. (no break in obv. legend). EF, lustrous, a few faint scratches. Fine style portrait.