CNG 111, Lot: 702. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7990. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (18.5mm, 6.97 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck circa AD 141-143. ANTONINVS AVG PI VS P P TR P COS III, laureate bust right, wearing aegis / VICTORIΛ/ AVG in two lines in exergue, Victory, winged, draped, standing in quadriga galloping right, holding whip in right hand and reins in left. RIC III 101 var. (bust type); Strack 102 var. (same); Calicó 1693 var. (same); BMCRE 254 var. (same), pl. 6, 15 (same rev. die); Biaggi 778; Jameson –; Mazzini 1079 var. (bust type; same rev. die). Near EF, a few minor marks. Extremely rare with aegis.