Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.93 g, 5h). Provincial series. Rome mint. Struck AD 139.Electronic Auction 500 Roman Imperial, Bronze Sold For $ 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. Æ Sestertius (32mm, 24.93 g, 5h). Provincial series. Rome mint. Struck AD 139. Laureate head right / AFRICA, S C and COS II across fields, Africa, wearing African elephant skin headdress, standing left, holding basket and cornucopia, scorpion at feet. RIC III 576 variant (scorpion instead of lion’s head at feet, COS II across field); Banti 12 variant (same). Brown patina with some areas of roughness, flan crack, rim knock. VF. Removed from NGC encapsulation, graded VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 2/5, edge tapped; . |