Sale: CNG 64, Lot: 1086. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 24 September 2003.  Sold For $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.28 gm). Struck 143-144 AD. Laureate head right / Victory flying right holding trophy with both hands. RIC III 717a; Cohen 433. Nice VF, dark green-brown patina, thin obverse surface crack. ($500)

Pius was acclaimed imperator for the second time following the victory of Q. Lollius Urbicus over the Brigantes in Britain, and the construction of the Antonine Wall.