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Lot 57. Antoninus Pius As, Annona reverse, unlisted variety

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Antoninus Pius As, Annona reverse, unlisted variety

Time left: 		Bidding closed (Sunday, October 21st, 19:28:30 CEST)
Current time: Wednesday, December 25th, 02:32:38 CET
Price realised: CHF 220.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 235.17 / USD 244.47 / GBP 195.03
High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #9, Lot 57. Estimate: CHF 275.00

Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). AE As (28 mm, 11.88 g), Roma (Rome), 152-153 AD.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind.
Rev. ANNONA AVG COS III / S - C, Annona standing right, holding modius on cippus right and branch left; to right, basked of fruits.
RIC III, p. 139, 910 var. (bust type).

Extremely rare and apparently unpublished. Brown patina. Good very fine. Excellent style.

A specimen from the same dies but clearly inferior condition appeared in the collection Hohenkubin: Lanz Granz, Auktion IV: römische Mittelbronzen, November 1974, 337.



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