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Auction: 23004 - Ancient and British Coins - Featuring the 'White Rose' Collection
Lot: 646

Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (138-161), AV Aureus, struck AD 158-159, Rome, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head right, rev. VOTA SVSCE-PTA DEC III, togate Antoninus Pius standing, head to left, sacrificing over lighted tripod, COS IIII in exergue, 7.32g [113.0grns], 6h (Cohen 1124 variety; BMC 953; RIC III, 294d; Ponton d'Amecourt [1887], 281; Biaggi 783; Calicó 1714; Strack 342d), perfectly-centred with slight die-wear to highest points, otherwise delightfully lustrous, extremely fine, with a fine pedigree

Provenance

Rev. W L Gantz, First Portion, Glendining, 27 May 1941, lot 526* - "extremely fine and rare" - £10.0.0

John L. Balderston 'of Beverley Hills', Glendining, 18 June 1937, lot 21* - "extremely fine and rare"


The reverse design alludes to the prayers and rites undertaken to mark the third decade of the reign of Antoninus Pius

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Sold for
£7,000

Starting price
£3500