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Auction: 24005 - The Official Coinex Auction of Ancient, British and World Coins
Lot: 132

NGC Ch XF | Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), AE Sestertius, ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P, laureate head right, rev. COS IIII, Pax standing facing, head left, holding cornucopiae and setting fire to a pile of arms with a torch, PAX-AVG over S-C across fields, 25.30g (RIC 777; Cohen 594; BMC 1703), struck in high relief with a rich dark tone, a sumptuous coin exhibiting the idea of peace from the viewpoint of the obsessively combative Romans, good very fine, in an NGC 'Ancients' holder, graded Choice Extremely Fine ~ Smoothing (Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5) [NGC Cert. #8221849-023]

Provenance

The Major Hamish and Mrs Ann Orr-Ewing Collection of Roman Coins


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£290

Starting price
£350