Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1527. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.64 gm). Struck 144 AD. Laureate bust right, wearing aegis / DES IIII, Salus standing facing, head left, feeding serpent entwined around altar from patera, and holding rudder set on globe. RIC III 749 var. (laureate head); BMCRE 1648 var. (same); Cohen 348 var. (same). Good VF, light brown patina. Very rare issue with DES IIII. Apparently unpublished bust type. ($400)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 90 (12-13 October 1998), lot 983.