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Lot 111. Antoninius Pius Sestertius, She-wolf suckling twins reverse
Spectacular lupa romana
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Bidding closed
(Sunday, December 18th, 19:55:30 CET)
Current time: Saturday, November 23rd, 16:35:03 CET
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CHF 1'706.00 (2 bids)
Approx. EUR 1'832.57 / USD 1'909.17 / GBP 1'523.80
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CHF 1'706.00
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2011-12-18, 19:55:15
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CHF 1'700.00
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2011-12-04, 14:08:15
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* User names of other bidders are replaced by Bidder 1, 2, and so on.
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Bidder 2
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eAuction #1, Lot 111. Estimate: CHF 2'000.00
Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD). AE Sestertius (30 mm, 22.30 g), Rome (Roma), c. 157-158 AD.
Obv. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, Laureate head right.
Rev. TR POT XXI COS IIII / SC, She-wolf right, suckling the twins.
RIC III, p. 147, 986; C. 1046.
Scarce. Nice brown-green patina. Extremely fine. An exceptional example of this usually difficult issue.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen (Basel) 79 (1994), 536 and ex Hess-Divo (Zurich) 307 (2007), 1617.
The she-wolf suckling the twins refers to the foundation myth of Rome and celebrates the 900th anniversary of the capital during the reign of Antoninus Pius.
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