CNG 111, Lot: 706. Estimate $5000.
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. AV Aureus (17.5mm, 6.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Struck AD 156-157. ΛNTONINVS ΛVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head right / TR POT X X COS IIII, Victory, winged, draped, advancing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and palm frond in left. RIC III 266a; Strack 316δ; Calicó 1675 (same dies as illustration); BMCRE 888, pl. 19, 2 (same obv. die); Biaggi 774; Jameson 118 (same obv. die); Mazzini 1013. Near EF, lustrous.
