87, Lot: 97. Estimate $100. Sold for $77. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Quadrans (18mm, 2.56 gm) Struck 140-144 AD. Laureate head right / Owl, eagle, and peacock. RIC III 709a; Cohen 177. Near VF, red-brown patina, chipped flan.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Henry Christensen 49 (30 March 1973), lot 136.



The owl, eagle, and peacock are associated with Minerva, Jupiter, and Juno respectively and represent the Capitoline Triad, a religious grouping whose origins went back to Rome's mythical regal past. Their temple was that of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill.