Triton XXII, Lot: 1092. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 7.14 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 148-149. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII, laureate bust right, slight drapery / C OS IIII, Aequitas, draped, standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC III 177e; Strack 190; Calicó 1502b (
this coin illustrated [Helbing citation is erroneous]); BMCRE 650; Biaggi 703 var. (slight drapery on both shoulders). EF, toned.
From the Heath Collection, purchased from Noble Investments, 20 October 2005.