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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 645

Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (138-161), AV Aureus, struck AD 148-149, Rome, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII draped and cuirassed bust right with bare head, rev. COS IIII, Aequitas standing left, holding scales in right hand and cornucopiae in left, 7.24g [111.7grns], 6h (Cohen 234; BMC 647; RIC III, 177c; Biaggi 705; Calicó 1500c), on an irregular planchet, with subtle die rub to highest points, otherwise well-centred in higher relief, the devices accentuated by residual lustre and soft honey-golden toning, a pleasingly good very fine, scarce

Provenance

Spink, by private treaty, 20 February 1945 [ref. G.10173] - £10.0.0 [with Spink ticket, further collector priced: N/-/-]

V Reynolds, collection purchased by Spink, 14 May 1943 - £5.0.0

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Sold for
£4,000

Starting price
£3500