Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1503. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (25.33 gm). Struck 140-144 AD. Laureate head right / Juno Sospita advancing right, brandishing spear and shield; serpent before. RIC III -; BMCRE pg. 210, * and note = Strack 887; Cohen -. Choice VF, black-green patina. Extremely rare. ($750)
From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 113 (18 October 2001), lot 5824.Strack only identified two examples, in Münich and the Vatican, but the latter of which may have a third example.