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Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius

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Bidding closed (Sunday, April 24th, 19:49:30 CEST)
Current time: Monday, November 25th, 15:42:26 CET

Price realised: CHF 2'000.00 (5 bids)
Approx. EUR 2'147.15 / USD 2'243.90 / GBP 1'784.90

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #47, Lot 99. Estimate: CHF 2'000.00

Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). AE Sestertius (29 mm, 25.83 g), Roma (Rome), 140-143/4.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right, light drapery on his left shoulder.
Rev. FELICITAS AVG / S - C, Felicitas standing facing, her head turned to left, holding capricorn in her right hand and long winged caduceus in her left.
Banti 152 (but misdescribed as having COS IIII on the obverse). BMC -, but cf. 1332 (As). Cohen -, but cf. 362 (As). RIC -, but cf. 680 (As).

Rare. Beautiful original olive-green patina. Extremely fine.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 29 (2005), 547.



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