Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 594. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS. Antoninus Pius, with Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. 138-161 AD. Æ 32mm (25.98 g, 6h). Struck circa 141-161 AD. Laureate and draped bust of Pius right / Bare-headed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Aurelius right. Cf. SNG Copenhagen 85; BMC Cyprus 42. Good VF, black-green and red-brown patina with gray-green overtones. Rare and of fine style. ($750)