Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 1503. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (27.34 gm). Struck 149 AD. Laureate head right / Crossed cornuacopiae surmounted by busts of two boys. RIC III 857; BMCRE 1827; Cohen 813. VF, brown patina. ($500)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Pegasi 112 (15 March 1999), lot 260.

The infants are thought to represent T. Aelius Antoninus and T. Aurelius Antoninus, the twin sons of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina Junior born in 149 AD. These were the first male offspring of the couple, offering hope for the establishment of the new dynasty, but both died in infancy.