Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1538. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (24.63 gm). Struck 148 AD. Laureate head right / LIBER-ALIT-AS AVG V, Antoninus seated left in curule chair on raised daïs, extending hand to figure standing right and extending hand to receive it; statue of Liberalitas standing left, holding abacus and cornucopiae, on daïs before. RIC III 775; BMCRE 1693; Cohen 511. Good VF, mottled red and green patina. ($1500)

From the Michael Weller Collection.

Pius' fifth liberality was given in honor of his recent vota decennalia, which was also the occasion for celebratory games, the Primi Decennales.