Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 1549. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTONINUS PIUS. 138-161 AD. Æ Sestertius (26.52 gm). Struck 158-159 AD. Laureate head right / Male figure standing facing on low pedestal, head right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and branch; all within arched distyle temple; crossed shields and trophy as acroteria; florettes along roof line. RIC III 999; BMCRE 2053; Cohen 332. VF, dark-green patina, hairline flan crack. ($750)

From the Michael Weller Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 114 (4 March 2002), lot 330.

The temple depicted on the reverse is uncertain, but the attributes of the figure within suggest it is a statue of Genius Senatus or an Emperor as 'pacifer.'